CONSTRUCTIVIST AND SOCIOCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE ON STUDENTS’ ASSESSMENTS OF CURRICULUM 2013 IN ENGLISH SUBJECT

Abstract

changing in Curriculum 2013. Authentic assessment is the type of assessment which is considered as the most suitable technique to assess students’ competence in Curriculum 2013. The assessment does not only measure students’ knowledge or cognitive competence but also students’ attittude and skill. There are instruments which have to be prepared and used by the teachers to conduct the authentic assessment. In this assessment, teachers’ are no longer the ones who assess students’ performance, students are also involved in the process of assessment. The students’ participation is involved in the self-assessment and peers assessment. Based on the illustration above the researcher is eager to investigate students’ assessment system of Curriculum 2013 in English subject, especially for junior high students. The constructivist and sociocultural theories are used in investigating the students’ assessment of Curriculum 2013 in English subject.

Keyword: assessment, constructivist, Curriculum 2013, English subject, sociocultural