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Journal Article |
Visual formative assessments (VFAs) allow more free more time for direct instruction. VFA’s guide students in using simple images to demonstrate the essential learnings within a unit to themselves and the teacher. VFAs…
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Learning Logs: Writing to Learn, Reading to Assess
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Good inquiry activities help students hone their inquiry abilities and teach them about the nature of science. Inquiry is also a way to teach science content, and teachers need to know if this instruction is helping…
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Everyday Assessment in the Science Classroom (e-book)
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Make ongoing, classroom-based assessment second nature to your students and you. Everyday Assessment in the Science Classroom is a thought-provoking collection of 10 essays on the theories behind the latest assessment…
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Formative Assessment Probes: Labeling Versus Explaining
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This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses the life cycle of a butterfly.
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Linking Classroom Instruction and Assessment to Standardized Testing
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Is it possible to "teach to the test" and still include inquiry-based science in your classroom? Yes! By using the model presented in this article that shows how inquiry-based instruction and creative classroom…
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Teacher to Teacher: Written Assessment in Three Dimensions
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This column provides practical advice from your peers. This month’s column will illustrate how you can use the NGSS evidence statements to create a summative assessment, focusing on the question: What are the…
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Research and Teaching: Assessing the Effectiveness of Sustainability Learning
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This study investigated the interaction of disciplinary and interdisciplinary learning in a team-taught, first-year, interdisciplinary sustainability course. We surveyed (pre/post) both STEM (science, technology,…