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Formative Assessment With Student Remotes and E-mail
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,…
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A Terrible Test That Teaches: Curriculum-Embedded Assessment
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In this activity, a “terrible test” appears to be impossible to pass. However, it is intentionally designed to include common errors in item construction that, if noticed, allow the test-wise learner to ace the test…
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Science Teaching and Assessing Students’ Scientific Literacy
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This chapter introduces some dimensions of scientific literacy and describes PISA, the Program for International Student Assessment, as the basis for understanding scientific literacy from both teaching and assessment…
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Learning Logs: Writing to Learn, Reading to Assess
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Just what do children get out of inquiry? 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…
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Using Questioning to Assess and Foster Student Thinking
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Questioning can be used to probe for understanding, to initiate inquiry, and to promote development of understanding. The results from questioning, listening, and assessment also can be used by teachers to promote their…
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Working with Teachers in Assessment-Related Professional Development
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Professional development related to everyday classroom interactions can require a shift in the teacher’s priorities in the classroom from a focus on managing activity and behavior to a mind-set of managing learning…
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Developing Assessment Items: A How-to Guide
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Many current high-stakes accountability measures take the form of traditional test items. While traditional forms of assessment may not be the best method to assess all important skills and knowledge, teachers should…
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Science Standards Influence Classroom Assessment Practices
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School districts and individual schools must place a premium on linking classroom instruction, science content standards, and classroom assessment. In this study, the authors examined the influence of national science…
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Web-Based Practice and Assessment Systems in Science
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In this chapter the authors describe the specific kinds of items that they have developed for use in automated practice systems and discuss some issues related to web-based learning. Next, they describe in broad terms…
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Using Formative Assessment Probes With Real or Virtual Field Trips
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Three Steps to Making Assessment Simpler and More Relevant
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