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Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 2: 30 New Formative Assessment Probes (e-book)
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Here’s a fresh way to help your students learn life science by determining how you can help them learn best. Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 2, offers 30 new formative assessment probes—engaging…
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This Web Seminar took place on May 2, 2011 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Presenting was Page Keeley, Senior Program Director at the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA) and NSTA Author. Ms. Keeley…
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Assessing Habitat Suitability for Squirrels on Campus
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The Case Study: Assessment of Case Study Teaching -- Where Do We Go From Here? Part II
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It is natural for faculty to select paradigms with which they have familiarity, and in the sciences, measurement is a careful, precise aspect of the research method. In science there has been a bias towards counting.…
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“Leave no alternative science idea unchallenged!” could be the slogan of this second edition of Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 2. Like the others in the bestselling series, this book is loaded with…
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Nationally known science educator Page Keeley—principal author of the hugely popular, four-volume NSTA Press series Uncovering Students Ideas in Science—has teamed up with physicist and science educator Rand Harrington…
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Observing students as an assessment
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As part of a science methods class, we’ve been assigned to create an observation tool to assess students. I’ve seen many articles and suggestions online for helping students become good observers and tools for…
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Assessment products and processes
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What is the purpose of an assessment? The featured articles in this issue show assessment as a true part of the instructional process, not an add-on to get a score for a grade. As I read the articles, I was impressed at…
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Examples of science assessments
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Last year I gave a pretest to my classes, consisting mostly of vocabulary. I’ve decided to change the assessment and focus more on determining how students think. Rather than trying to reinvent the wheel, I’m looking…
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Table of Contents This is the latest issue in a well-designed and informative series on inquiry learning. I would encourage secondary teachers to read these issues of Science and Children, especially if you’re new…
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