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The Ozone Show: Using a talk show format as an authentic assessment
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Instructors are constantly searching for more authentic ways of assessing student work. Authentic assessments model activities students might perform in the outside world. As a concluding activity of a unit on the hole…
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Teacher’s Toolkit: Strategies for the meaningful evaluation of multiple-choice assessments
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Too many multiple-choice tests are administered without an evaluative component. Teachers often return student assessments or Scantron cards—computerized bubble forms—without review, assuming that the printing of the…
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Putting Assessment to the Test: Tips for designing standards-based tests
Journal Article |
During the last decade significant changes occurred in the way we teach and assess learning. Both the National Science Education Standards (National Research Council, 1996) and the suggestions from Benchmarks from…
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This Isn’t English Class! Using Writing as an Assessment Tool in Science
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We know that writing is a huge part of science. It is the way scientists communicate ideas, results, conclusions, and opinions to other scientists. Thus, the author uses writing in a number of ways to have students…
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Classic Lessons 2.0: Project- and problem-based learning and assessment
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This article describes an activity that primarily focuses on project-based learning where students are actively engaged to solve the challenge of building a paper roller coaster that meets specific criteria (e.g., a…