Assessment in science [electronic resource] : practical experiences and education research / edited by Maureen McMahon ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McMahon, Maureen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Ability testing.

Science.

Science--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Evaluation.

Science--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Evaluation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Arlington, Va. : NSTA Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

If you want to learn about the latest research on assessment techniques that really work, the ideal sourcebook is right here in your hands. Assessment in Science is a collection of up-to-date reports by authors who are practicing K-16 classroom teachers and university-based educators and researchers.

Contents:

Introduction; About the Editors; A Knowledge-Based Framework for the Classroom Assessment of Student; Developing Assessment Items: A How-to Guide; Assessment in Support of Conceptual Understanding and Student; Adaptive Inquiry as the Silver Bullet: Reconciling Local Curriculum, Instruction,; Science Standards Influence Classroom Assessment Practices; Usable Assessments for Teaching Science Content and Inquiry Standards; Using Rubrics to Foster Meaningful Learning; Professional Development and Teacher Learning: Using Concept Maps in

Coming to See the Invisible: Assessing Understanding in an Inquiry-Evolving Ideas: Assessment in an Evolution Course; Varying Instructional Methods and Assessment of Students in High School; Integrating an Assessment Plan Into a K-12/University Engineering; Performance Assessment Tasks as a Stimulus for Collaboration Among; Assessment in Support of Contextually Authentic Inquiry; Helping Students Understand the Minds-On Side of Learning Science; Revised Views of Classroom Assessment; Moving Beyond Grades and Scores: Reconsidering Assessment Feedback; Mind Mapping as a Flexible Assessment Tool

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-21781-6

9786611217815

1-933531-93-2

OCLC:

567836934

Publisher Number:

9781933531007

9781933531939