Advantages & Disadvantages of

PBA

Advantages

Can assess complex

learning outcomes

Provides a natural, direct,

and complete evaluation of

some types of skills

Meaningful

learning/performance

makes the student more

motivated

Encourages the application

of learning to real-life

situations

Disadvantages

Vulnerable to effects of

rating biases (personal,

generosity)

Requires a lot of time and

effort to implement

Evaluation must be done

individually (not in groups)

Can do only few of these –

especially if they are

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