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Playful Activities for Young Children: Assessment tasks with low reading and writing demands

Science and Children—October 1999

Alternative assessments in science instruction have been developed for the upper elementary grades but are limited in the area of early childhood instruction. Because younger children have limited abilities in reading and writing, teachers have difficulty assessing children’s scientific knowledge. Therefore, this article provides assessment tasks with appropriate reading and writing demands for young children by using objects that are familiar to them.
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