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Working with Teachers in Assessment-Related Professional Development
Professional development related to everyday classroom interactions can require a shift in the teacher’s priorities in the classroom from a focus on...
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Reconsidering Large-Scale Assessment to Heighten Its Relevance to Learning
In contrast to classroom assessments that can provide immediate feedback in the context of ongoing instruction, large-scale assessments are necessaril...
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Although this terrific interdisciplinary, cooperative-learning science experience began primarily as a language arts assignment to compare the leaders...
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At the beginning of the 21st century, education seems dominated by talk about educational outcomes and their assessment. This chapter serves to demyst...
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This chapter highlights documents such as the National Science Education Standards that were designed to be achievable by all students, no matter thei...
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The scientific method not only describes inaccurately how science works, but also distorts the meaning of words such as "theory" and "law." A theory, ...
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General Instructional Approaches
Advocates of STS—science-technology-society—approaches believe that the science curriculum should pay special attention to science-based social is...
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This chapter presents several models of instruction from cooperative learning to inquiry-based instruction. It concludes with the 5E Model of instruct...
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Pedagogy means teaching and teaching is what teachers do. It's a fancy word with a simple meaning. In reality, the distinction between pedagogy and cu...
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Assessment, broadly defined, means information gathering. Grading (or evaluating) students is certainly one type of assessment. Tests, portfolios, and...
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The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (2002) defines “diversity” in this way: “In education, discussions about diversity in...
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As is the case with the other chapters in this book, each entry in this chapter should stand on its own. However, more than in other chapters, the ide...
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This chapter presents research concepts featuring qualitative, quantitative, and action research. Qualitative research generally involves a researcher...
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This chapter discusses teacher education from the preservice teachers—the period when they are learning to teach as undergraduate or graduate studen...
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This section offers insights about the uniqueness of teaching in a two-year college. Hello! Is Anybody Out There? explores one commonality that exists...