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Journal Article

Teaching Teachers: Assessing Students as Scientists

This column enhances the repertoire of preservice and inservice teachers. Supporting teachers in assessing students’ scientific thinking....

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Journal Article

Formative Assessment Probes: Vocabulary in Context: What Is an Amphibian?

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue explores what characteristics make an amphibian....

Elementary Life Science Assessment Disciplinary Core Ideas

Journal Article

Methods and Strategies: Time to Change

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue discusses embedding literacy into the 5E while addressing the principles of the Next Generation Science Standards....

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Journal Article

Formative Assessment Probes: Uncovering Young Children’s Concept of a Plant

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue uses the “Is It a Plant?” formative assessment probe, which was developed to elicit primary students’ initial ideas about plants and the characteristics they us...

Early Childhood Elementary Biology Assessment

Journal Article

Methods and Strategies: Formative Assessment Practices to Support Students who Struggle in Science

This column provides ideas and techniques to enhance your science teaching. This month’s issue highlights how formative assessment activities support instructional shifts, of three Indiana Science Initiative (ISI) teachers....

Elementary General Science Assessment

Blog Post

Seeking a New Way to Assess Science at All Levels

The word assessment can prompt feelings of dread, mistrust, or outright hate in many teachers. That’s distressing, as quality instruction includes quality assessment. Unfortunately, we have allowed assessment to become the “tail that wags the dog...

By Cindy Workosky

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