Every Assessment Tells a Story

by: Fred Ende

Tell a story to reduce anxiety and boost student achievement on assessments.

Topics

Asking questions CCC2: Cause and Effect: Mechanism and Explanation CCC5: Energy and Matter: Flows, Cycles, and Conservation Chemical reactions Crosscutting Concepts Disciplinary Core Ideas Disciplinary Core Ideas in Physical Science Electricity ENCdl Energy Forces and motion Heat Light Nuclear reactions Physical Science Properties of materials PS1: Matter and Interactions PS2: Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions PS3: Energy PS4: Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer Science and Engineering Practices Science as Inquiry Science Focus Science process skills SEP1: Asking Questions and Defining Problems SEP6: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions SEP8: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information Sound States of matter Structure of matter Three Dimensions of the Framework and/or NGSS

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 1/1/2014Stock # ss14_037_05_32Volume 037Issue 05

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