Join-
Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science, Volume 1: 45 New Force and Motion Assessment Probes
NSTA Press Book |
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…
-
Online Assessments and Hearing Students Think About Science
Book Chapter |
This chapter examines online assessments and explores how they might be useful in your science classroom. Although there is a wealth of computer-based assessment tools (such as homework and exam generated programs that…
-
Aligning Classroom-Based Assessment With High-Stakes Tests
Book Chapter |
In this chapter, the authors will focus on the types of assessments found on high-stakes tests that can and should be used in middle-grades science classrooms. The authors provide a model for analyzing the kinds of…
-
Linking Assessment To Student Achievement In A Professional Development Model
Book Chapter |
This chapter reviews assessment as a key component in a professional development model implemented in a National Science Foundation–funded program entitled Toledo Area Partnership in Education: Support Teachers as…
-
Gauging the Nature of Science (NOS): An Alternate Form of Assessment
Book Chapter |
Science teachers of all disciplines can use students' NOS (nature of science) scores as an alternate form of assessment. In addition to traditional forms of assessment like exams and quizzes, NOS levels can truly…
-
Assessment of Students' Learning Through the Creation of Scientific Posters
Book Chapter |
Assessment of student knowledge takes many forms. This chapter features the presentation of scientific posters—one assessment used successfully in upper-division biology courses. The posters, on topics chosen by the…
-
Diagnostic Assessment: Discrepant Event or Essential Educational Experiment?
Book Chapter |
In this activity, learners are asked to complete sample diagnostic assessments that model how nongraded, preinstructional “tests” support learner-centered curriculum and instruction. These kinds of tests, the specific…
-
Moving Beyond Grades and Scores: Reconsidering Assessment Feedback
Book Chapter |
Many teachers are concerned about providing feedback to students in ways that support student learning. Five middle school teachers, part of the Classroom Assessment Project to Improve Teaching and Learning (CAPITAL),…
-
Usable Assessments for Teaching Science Content and Inquiry Standards
Book Chapter |
This chapter reports on an approach to developing middle school science assessments using a learning-goals-driven design model. The design process for creating usable assessments that are aligned with curriculum and…
-
Formative Assessment From a Translanguaging Perspective in the NGSS Classroom
Journal Article |
The Next Generation Science Standards hold promise for cultivating the diverse assets that students bring to science learning. One key asset in linguistically diverse science classrooms is translanguaging, or the use of…
-
NSTA Press Book |
Have you been wanting to learn more about what your students know (or think they know) about major concepts in matter and energy? Have you been wishing for formative assessment tools in both English and Spanish? Then…
2194 Results