Constructivism shifts the core of education from instruction to learning. We consider constructivism as an alternative paradigm for our education in place of objectivism which has been the paradigm for the past long years in the field of Education Tec...
Constructivism shifts the core of education from instruction to learning. We consider constructivism as an alternative paradigm for our education in place of objectivism which has been the paradigm for the past long years in the field of Education Technology. One of the most distinctive features of cons tructiv ism is the authenticity of learning experience. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of the authenticity perception onlearner’s motivation and achievement. There are two major research problems. First, there is a difference on learner’s motivation between high and low perception level of authenticity. Second, there is adifference on learner``s achievement between high and low perception level of authenticity. Subjects for this study are 51 students of the middle school students. Two distance learning materials received low and high perception of authenticity are s elected. The results are as follows:(1) There is a significant difference in the learner’s achievement in general between los and high level of authenticity perception(t=- 3. 41, p<. 05). A s ignificants difference was found in the learner``s authentic achievement between low and high level of authenticity perception(t=- 4. 54, p. 05). However, no s ignificant difference was found in the learner’s logical achievement between low and high level of authenticity perception(t=- 1. 75, p<. 05). (2) There is a significant difference in learner`s motivation of a total(t=- 3. 40, p<. 05). attention(t=- 3. 16, p<. 05). relevance(t=- 2. 55, p<. 05), confidence(t=- 2. 85, p<. 05) and satisfaction(t=2. 34, p<. 05) between low and high level of authenticity perception. Based on the results of the study, following suggestions were made: (1) Measuring scale of authenticity of the learning task has to be further validated through many different situation and with various subjects. (2) Authentic assessment of the authentic learning environment Thas to be studied further.