JoinShort Course #1
National Conference in Denver • Mar. 20-23, 2024
Full-Day Workshop
How to Create Three-Dimensional Assessment Tasks
Preconference • Wednesday, March 20 • 8:15 AM - 3:15 PM
Facilitators: Joseph Krajcik and Christopher Harris
All participants will receive...
- Coffee and tea (first come first served)
- Lunch
LIMITED SPACE AVAILABLE
$150
Conference registration is NOT required to attend.
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About the Session
What design approach can science teachers use to create assessment tasks that support students’ three-dimensional learning? With three-dimensional tasks, students need to apply the three dimensions of science proficiency to make sense of compelling phenomena and solve challenging problems. This workshop will introduce participants to a design approach that they can use to develop three-dimensional assessment tasks for classroom use that emphasizes assessment for teaching and learning. We will focus on how to develop tasks that take into consideration students' academic, social, and cultural backgrounds. A good assessment task should provide actionable information to teachers and students and relate to all students. Importantly, it should provide insight into how students are building toward an NGSS performance expectation or bundle of performance expectations. This course is ideal for those seeking an introduction to a systematic process for how to create 3-dimensional tasks.
Christopher Harris
Christopher Harris serves as Senior Director of Science and Engineering Education Research at WestEd. His work focuses on the design, implementation, and study of instructional innovations that support science teaching and learning in PK–12 classrooms. At WestEd, he has been involved in developing scalable approaches to address the NGSS through curricula, assessments, and professional learning models that support teachers in creating engaging, interactive, equitable, and accessible learning experiences for students. His research often involves collaborative work with districts and schools for the purpose of informing both research and practice. Current collaborations involve developing instructionally supportive assessments for NGSS classrooms and on evaluating curriculum materials aligned with the NGSS. His publications have addressed science curriculum and assessment, design-based implementation research, science teaching practice, educational innovation, and the role of project-based learning in STEM education.
Joseph Krajcik
Joseph Krajcik directs the CREATE for STEM Institute and is a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University. Throughout his career, Joe has focused on working with colleagues and science teachers to design and test project-based learning environments to reform science teaching practices and to research student learning and engagement. Joe served as president of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), from which he received the Distinguished Contributions to Science Education Through Research Award in 2010. He served as the lead writer for developing Physical Science Standards for the NGSS and for the Physical Science Disciplinary Core Ideas for the Framework for K – 12 Science Education. In 2020, Joe was elected to the National Academy of Education and received the prestigious McGraw Prize for Innovation in Pre-K-12 Education. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts, and his book on Project-based Learning is in its fifth edition.