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Designing Performance-Based Assessments that Engage!

Journal Article

Designing Performance-Based Assessments that Engage!

Rather than feel stressful for students, an assessment should feel like a celebration of learning. Performance-based assessments allow students to demonstrate their understanding of one or more standards by accomplishing tasks that are engaging and f...

By Katie Coppens

Middle School Assessment Pedagogy Teaching Strategies

Introducing Engineering Aims and Values through Rover Wheel Design

Journal Article

Introducing Engineering Aims and Values through Rover Wheel Design

Engineering activities often emphasize the practices of engineers, but pay less attention to aspects of the nature of engineering. One important aspect of the nature of engineering is an understanding of the aims and values that underlie engineers’...

By Jerrid Kruse, Isaiah Kent-Schneider, Dan Chibnall, Sarah Voss, Emma Marie, Bridgid Miller, Jayme Scheck

Middle School Earth & Space Science Engineering STEM Technology

Web Seminar

Sponsored Archive: Examining the Evidence: How Probeware Supports Three-Dimensional Learning, April 23, 2024

Explore the transformative impact of probeware technology through the latest research supporting its use. Learn how these tools enhance three-dimensional science teaching, deepen student engagement, and foster scientific understanding and critical th...

Technical and Vocational Education Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary STEM

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: Making Climate Science Matter: Expanding the Use and Reach of the Fifth National Climate Assessment, May 2, 2024

The National Climate Assessment is a major scientific report developed by several government agencies that describes climate change in the United States. This session will highlight the science found in the report, and then explore resources that sup...

Elementary Middle School High School Postsecondary Informal Education Biology Climate Change Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Life Science STEM

Web Seminar

Archive: Science Update: What’s Up with Precipitation? How NASA is Helping Us Better Understand Our Home Planet! April 25, 2024

Did you know that NASA has around two dozen satellites that continually monitor our home planet to help us better understand and protect it? Learn more about NASA’s Earth-observing missions and do a deep dive into the Global Precipitation Measu...

Postsecondary Elementary High School Informal Education Middle School Earth & Space Science Environmental Science Life Science STEM

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