THE ASSESSMENT OF MUSIC SKILLS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION การประเมินทักษะทางดนตรีระดับอุดมศึกษา
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In this article, the author studies the process of measuring and evaluating tertiary musical skills which emphasizes on the authentic assessment, the assessment in the real situation. The study explores many issues including 1) The assessment which should focus on the assessment for learning and development more than the assessment of learning or summative assessment; 2) The instruction of higher education which should cover all domains, including Cognitive domain, Phycho-monitor domain and Affective domain, to prepare students for applying comprehensive skills in the future career; 3) The assessment in higher education should be relevant to the objectives of instruction and learning orders and also lead to the improvement of both the instructors and the students; 4) The authentic assessment purposes the students to express their behaviors through complex thinking process by integrating music skills and knowledge to be a guideline and benefit in the development of music teaching and learning to be more effective.
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