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Everyday Assessment in the Science Classroom : Science Educators' Essay Collection.

Make ongoing, classroom-based assessment second nature to your students and you. Everyday Assessment in the Science Classroom is a thought-provoking collection of 10 essays on the theories behind the latest assessment techniques. The authors offer in-depth?how to? suggestions on conducting assessmen...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Atkin, J. Myron
Otros Autores: Coffey, Janet
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Arlington : National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), 2003.
Colección:Science educators' essay collection.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Editors
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Importance of Everyday Assessment
  • 2 Learning through Assessment: Assessment for Learning in the Science Classroom
  • 3 Examining Students' Work
  • 4 Assessment of Inquiry
  • 5 Using Questioning to Assess and Foster Student Thinking
  • 6 Involving Students in Assessment
  • 7 Reporting Progress to Parents and Others: Beyond Grades
  • 8 Working with Teachers in Assessment-Related Professional Development
  • 9 Reconsidering Large-Scale Assessment to Heighten Its Relevance to Learning
  • 10 Reflections on Assessment.
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Editors
  • Introduction
  • References
  • CHAPTER 1
  • The Importance of Everyday Assessment
  • The Context: Conflicts and Synergies of Purpose
  • How Do People Learn?
  • Assessment for Learning
  • Assessment and the Student
  • Assessment across Subjects
  • Summary of the Issues
  • References
  • CHAPTER 2
  • Learning through Assessment: Assessment for Learning in the Science Classroom
  • Seeing It Work
  • Talking about the Learning
  • Showing Samples
  • Setting and Using Criteria
  • Self-Assessing and Goal Setting
  • Procedure #1:
  • Procedure #2.
  • Revisiting Criteria
  • Providing Specific, Descriptive Feedback
  • Setting Goals
  • Collecting Evidence of Learning
  • Communicating Using Evidence of Learning
  • Continuing the Learning
  • Assessment for Learning in the Science Classroom
  • References
  • CHAPTER 3
  • Examining Students' Work
  • Learning to Teach
  • How Directive Should We Be?
  • The Importance of Listening
  • Culture Is Critical
  • Study Group to Examine Student Work
  • Theories Are Not Easy to Change
  • Raymond (sixth grade, age 11)
  • Emily (sixth grade, age 11)
  • What is gravity?
  • Insights and Outcomes.
  • Assessment or Instruction?
  • Examining Cases
  • Our Role as Teachers
  • References
  • Additional Resources
  • CHAPTER 4
  • Assessment of Inquiry
  • Listening to Inquiry
  • Evidence and Explanation
  • Assessment Conversations in Three-Part Harmony
  • Summary
  • References
  • CHAPTER 5
  • Using Questioning to Assess and Foster Student Thinking
  • A Context: Example of Ongoing Assessment through Questioning
  • Elicitation Questions
  • Questioning Episodes
  • Purposes and Kinds of Questions Used in Learning Science
  • Using Questions and Answers to Inform Instruction
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgments.