Assessment in science : practical experiences and education research /
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| Imprint: | Arlington, Va. : NSTA Press, ©2006. |
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| Description: | xv, 236 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11659307 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- About the editors
- 1. A knowledge-based framework for the classroom assessment of student science understanding / Michael R. Vitale, Nancy R. Romance, and Megan F. Dolan
- 2. Developing assessment items : a how-to guide / Laura Henriques, Alan Colburn, and William C. Ritz
- 3. Assessment in support of conceptual understanding and student motivation to learn science / Melissa DiGennaro King
- 4. Adaptive inquiry as the silver bullet : reconciling local curriculum, instruction, and assessment procedures with state-mandated testing in science / Stephen J. Farenga, Beverly A. Joyce, and Daniel Ness
- 5. Science standards influence classroom assessment practices / Kathy J. McWaters and Ronald G. Good
- 6. Usable assessments for teaching science content and inquiry standards / Christopher J. Harris, Katherine L. McNeill, David J. Lizotte, Ronald W. Marx, and Joseph Krajcik
- 7. Using rubrics to foster meaningful learning / Marcelle A. Siegel, Paul Hynds, Marc Siciliano, and Barbara Nagle
- 8. Professional development and teacher learning: using concept maps in inquiry classrooms / Beth Kubitskey, Barry J. Fishman, Jon Margerum-Leys, Jay Fogleman, Stein Brunvand, and Ronald W. Marx
- 9. Coming to see the invisible : assessing understanding in an inquiry-focused science classroom / Andrea M. Barton, Jennifer L. Cartier, and Angelo Collins.
- 10. Evolving ideas : assessment in an evolution course / Cynthia Passmore and Jim Stewart
- 11. Varying instructional methods and assessment of students in high-school chemistry / Avi Hofstein, Rachel Mamlok, and Otilia Rosenberg
- 12. Integrating an assessment plan into a K-12/university engineering partnership / Daniel W. Knight and Jacquelyn F. Sullivan
- 13. Performance assessment tasks as a stimulus for collaboration among preservice and inservice teachers / Valarie L. Akerson, Amy Roth McDuffie, and Judith A. Morrison
- 14. Assessment in support of contextually authentic inquiry / Cory A. Buxton
- 15. Helping students understand the minds-on side of learning science / Lawrence B. Flick and Michael Tomlinson
- 16. Revised views of classroom assessment / Mistilina Sato, Vicki Baker, Elaine Fong, Joni Gilbertson, Tracey Liebig, and Neil Schwartzfarb.
- 17. Moving beyond grades and scores: reconsidering assessment feedback / Caleb Cheung, Anthony Cody, Irene Hirota, Joe Rubin, and Jennifer Slavin with Janet Coffey and Savitha Moorthy
- 18. Mind mapping as a flexible assessment tool / Karen Goodnough and Robin Long
- Index.