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Varying Instructional Methods and Assessment of Students in High School Chemistry
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New content standards call for the implementation of new and varied pedagogical interventions and instructional techniques. An experimental project in which chemistry was taught using new pedagogical and assessment…
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Assessment in Support of Conceptual Understanding and Student Motivation to Learn Science
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Classroom-based assessment strategies may influence the development of conceptual understanding and motivational beliefs among elementary learners in science. A contextual analysis of how young children (65 second…
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The Power of Investigating: Guiding Authentic Assessments (Book sample chapter)
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Children want to explore, dig, build, play, and wonder. To do this they need to touch, feel, see, observe, listen, manipulate, plan, and create. How does a teacher build and maintain a learning environment that will…
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The Power of Assessing: Guiding Powerful Practices (Book sample chapter)
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The Power of Assessing will show you how to use authentic assessments as a dynamic teaching tool. But this book doesn’t just describe ways to evaluate your students’ learning. Through colorful photographs and over 30…
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Equitable instructor assessment changes amid COVID-19 pandemic
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The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak mandated a rapid transition to online classes with little warning. Previous literature studying the effect of this sudden shift demonstrated enormous impacts on instructors and…
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What Research Says About Science Assessment With English Language Learners
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This chapter addresses what research says about science assessment with English Language Learners (ELL) students. Specifically, the authors draw from our ongoing research and development efforts to promote science and…
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Exploring the Role of Technology-Based Simulations in Science Assessment: The Calipers Project
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In this chapter, the authors describe a project funded by the National Science Foundation, “Calipers: Using Stimulation to Assess Complex Science Learning.” This project is a two-year demonstration project that aims to…
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Writing/Using Multiple-Choice Questions to Assess Higher-Order Thinking
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Most graduate entrance exams (including the GRE, MCAT, and DAT) are based on multiple-choice questions. Many later exams, such as the medical board exams, are also multiple choice. Therefore, it is important to make…
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The P.O.E.T.R.Y. of Science: a Flexible Tool for Assessing Elementary Student Science Journals
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Writing about inquiry-based science experiences can provide students with opportunities to communicate their questions, observations, and reflections while expanding our instructional and assessment options as teachers…
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Performance Assessment Tasks as a Stimulus for Collaboration Among Preservice and Inservice Teachers
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The Performance Assessment project was a collaboration initiated by a university team of instructors and a local school district in which inservice and preservice teachers developed and implemented science performance…
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Coming to See the Invisible: Assessing Understanding in an Inquiry-Focused Science Classroom
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The work discussed here focused on the design of curricula that mirrored important aspects of realistic scientific practice, especially the ways in which causal models are used to account for patterns in data and the…
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New Physics Teaching and Assessment: Laboratory- and Technology-Enhanced Active Learning
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For more than half a decade, two universities—North Carolina State University (NCSU) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology—have been engaged in reforming their introductory physics courses. This chapter describes…
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How Do I Design Authentic Assessments to Meet the Needs of ALL Learners?
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Students need opportunities to show what they know in a variety of ways and at multiple points along the way. Knowing what to look for and how to interpret what you see may guide you to plan new experiences. Questioning…
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How Does Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning Support Conceptual Understanding?
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This chapter focuses on connecting instruction, assessment, and learning. It features some of the ways you can use formative assessment to support conceptual understanding in science so that teachers can make better…
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Creating and Using Instructionally Supportive Assessments in NGSS Classrooms (Book Sample)
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