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College Science Teachers Guide to Assessment

What is assessment? How do you assess your students’ progress? How do they assess themselves and their peers? How do you assess the effectiveness of your own teaching? College Science Teachers Guide to Assessment provides busy professors with...

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NSTA Tool Kit for Teaching Evolution

Teaching evolution is part of the core biology curriculum, and this new resource provides a teacher-ready summary of the scientific, legal, and ethical talking points for discussion of the topic....

By Judy Elgin Jensen

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Interpreting Assessment Data: Statistical Techniques You Can Use

Are you properly evaluating the results of the tests you give to students? Can you explain the difference between classroom assessment and standardized assessment? Are you on solid ground with your grading system? Demystify—and even use—statistic...

By Edwin P. Christmann, John L. Badgett

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Climate Change From Pole to Pole: Biology Investigations

Climate Change From Pole to Pole: Biology Investigations offers timely, relevant, biology-based case studies and background information on how to teach the science of climate change. The six painstakingly researched and field-tested activities, which...

By Juanita Constible, Luke Sandro, Richard E. Lee, Jr.

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Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 3: Another 25 Formative Assessment Probes

Because you demanded it! Since publication of Volume 1 of this series, thousands of teachers are using these innovative classroom tools to improve student learning in science. Following in the footsteps of earlier volumes in the Uncovering Student Id...

By Page Keeley, Francis Eberle, Chad Dorsey

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Everyday Science Mysteries: Stories for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching

What causes condensation? Does temperature affect how well a balloon will fly? How do tiny bugs get into oatmeal? Through 15 mystery stories, this book memorably illustrates science concepts for students and reinforces the value of learning science t...

By Richard Konicek-Moran

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Exemplary Science in Informal Education Settings: Standards-Based Success Stories

Just as science education doesn’t stop at the schoolhouse door, neither should effective application of the National Science Education Standards. Exemplary Science in Informal Education Settings shows real-world examples of how science education re...

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