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A Terrible Test That Teaches: Curriculum-Embedded Assessment
Book Chapter |
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
Book Chapter |
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
Book Chapter |
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
Book Chapter |
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
Book Chapter |
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
Book Chapter |
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
Book Chapter |
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
Book Chapter |
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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Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 1, Second Edition: 25 Formative Assessment Probes
NSTA Press Book |
This is the new updated edition of the first book in the bestselling Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. Like the first edition of volume 1, this book helps pinpoint what your students know (or think they know)…
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science, Volume 1: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes
NSTA Press Book |
Winner of the Distinguished Achievement Award from Association of Educational Publishers! Author Page Keeley continues to provide K–12 teachers with her highly usable and popular formula for uncovering and…
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Three Steps to Making Assessment Simpler and More Relevant
Journal Article |
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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…
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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…