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Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 3: Another 25 Formative Assessment Probes
NSTA Press Book |
Because you demanded it! Since publication of Volume 1 of this series, thousands of teachers are using these innovative classroom tools to improve student learning in science. Following in the footsteps of earlier…
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 4: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes
NSTA Press Book |
Wouldn't it be helpful to know what your students' ideas are about a science concept before launching into a new lesson or unit? Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 4, offers 25 more formative assessment probes…
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Earth and Environmental Science: 32 New Formative Assessment Probes
NSTA Press Book |
If you’re new to formative assessment probes, you’ll love this timely addition to the bestselling Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. Authors Page Keeley and Laura Tucker give you 32 engaging questions, or…
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Uncovering Student Ideas About Engineering and Technology: 32 New Formative Assessment Probes
NSTA Press Book |
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. Have you been wondering how well your students understand engineering and technology concepts? Have you been wishing for formative…
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Needs Assessment for Beginning Teacher Assistance Programs
Book Chapter |
This chapter makes several general suggestions to teams charged with developing beginning teacher assistance programs (BTAPs), then describes four specific types of needs assessment carried out in effective BTPAs—…
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Using Assessment Design As A Model Of Professional Development
Book Chapter |
In this chapter, the authors describe a professional development model in which teachers collaborated with science content experts, assessment experts, and researchers to create a series of formative assessments to…
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Using Science Notebooks as an Informal Assessment Tool
Book Chapter |
Science notebooks have been promoted as a means to enhance students’ scientific and literacy skills and as formative assessment tools for teachers. The author hopes this chapter will help you find ways to make science…
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PISA 2006 Assessment of Attitudes Toward Science
Book Chapter |
Science teachers want students to develop interest in science and value in learning science. Attitudes toward science play an important role in students' decisions to develop their science knowledge, pursue careers in…
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PISA 2006: An Assessment Framework for Scientific Literacy
Book Chapter |
The PISA 2006 definition of scientific literacy had its origin in the consideration of what 15-year old students should know, value, and be able to do as a preparedness for life in modern society. The results of PISA…
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Alternative Forms of Assessment for The College Science Laboratory
Book Chapter |
A basic definition of alternative assessment is any type of evaluation that does not use traditional forms of paper-and-pencil testing. Too often new forms of teaching and learning are coupled with traditional forms of…
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Formative Assessment With Student Remotes and E-mail
Book Chapter |
This chapter features two formative assessment techniques that were implemented in several sections of the first semester of an introductory physics class at East Stroudsburg University. The performance of these…
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Peer Assessment: Value, Fears, Headaches, and Success
Book Chapter |
The idea of peer assessment sounds fantastic and literature shows that it is invaluable. Yet, when most faculty first try peer assessment they are faced with a different reality. This chapter focuses on the obstacles of…
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Practices That Jeopardize Bona Fide Student Assessment
Book Chapter |
Student assessment is the means by which teachers—the directors of the learning experience—appraise the success of their lessons on students—the product of the instruction. Teachers at every level of instruction realize…
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How to Use Assessments to Improve Student Learning
Book Chapter |
The ability of students to “do” biology and to understand biology concepts is essential. Developing biology lessons and assessing for an understanding of biology skills and concepts go hand-in-hand. Well-designed…
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“Horsing Around”: Curriculum-Instruction-Assessment Problems
Book Chapter |
The nature of science (NOS) involves actively seeking (rather than avoiding) challenging problems that may require looking at situations differently and thinking outside of artificially imposed constraints. Science,…