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Assessing science understanding : a human constructivist view /

Recent government publications like "Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy" and "Science for all Americans" have given teachers a mandate for improving science education in America. What we know about how learners construct meaning--particularly in the natural sciences--has undergon...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mintzes, Joel J., Wandersee, James H., Novak, Joseph D. (Joseph Donald)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington, MA : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2005.
Colección:Educational psychology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Assessin Science Understanding: A Human Constructivist View; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; CHAPTER 1. LEARNING, TEACHING, AND ASSESSMENT: A HUMAN CONSTRUCTIVIST PERSPECTIVE; CHAPTER 2. ASSESSING SCIENCE UNDERSTANDING THROUGH CONCEPT MAPS; CHAPTER 3. ASSESSING SCIENCE UNDERSTANDING: THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL VEE DIAGRAM; CHAPTER 4. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?": USING STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS TO ASSESS SCIENCE UNDERSTANDING; CHAPTER 5. DIALOGUE AS DATA: ASSESSING STUDENTS' SCIENTIFIC REASONING WITH INTERACTIVE PROTOCOLS; CHAPTER 6. DESIGNING AN IMAGE-BASED BIOLOGY TEST.
  • CHAPTER 7. OBSERVATION RUBRICS IN SCIENCE ASSESSMENTCHAPTER 8. PORTFOLIOS IN SCIENCE ASSESSMENT: A KNOWLEDGE-BASED MODEL FOR CLASSROOM PRACTICE; CHAPTER 9. SemNet SOFTWARE AS AN ASSESSMENT TOOL; CHAPTER 10. WRITING TO INQUIRE: WRITTEN PRODUCTS AS PERFORMANCE MEASURES; CHAPTER 11. THE RELEVANCE OF MULTIPLE-CHOICE TESTING IN ASSESSING SCIENCE UNDERSTANDING; CHAPTER 12. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT; CHAPTER 1.