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Assessing science understanding : a human constructivist view /

Recent government publications such as 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 undergone a virtual revolutio...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mintzes, Joel J., Wandersee, James H., Novak, Joseph Donald
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Diego : Academic Press, �2000.
Colección:Educational psychology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Learning, teaching, and assessment : a human constructivist perspective / Joseph D. Novak, Joel J. Mintzes, and James H. Wandersee
  • Assessing science understanding through concept maps / Katherine M. Edmondson
  • Assessing science understanding : the epistemological vee diagram / Joel J. Mintzes and Joseph D. Novak
  • "What do you mean by that?" : using structured interviews to assess science understanding / Sherry A. Southerland, Mike U. Smith, and Catherine L. Cummins
  • Dialogue as data : assessing students' scientific reasoning with interactive protocols / Kathleen Hogan and JoEllen Fisherkeller.
  • Designing an image-based biology test / James H. Wandersee
  • Observation rubrics in science assessment / John E. Trowbridge and James H. Wandersee
  • Portfolios in science assessment : a knowledge-based model for classroom practice / Michael R. Vitale and Nancy R. Romance
  • SemNet software as an assessment tool / Kathleen M. Fisher
  • Writing to inquire : written products as performance measures / Audrey B. Champagne and Vicky L. Kouba
  • Relevance of multiple-choice testing in assessing science understanding / Philip M. Sadler
  • National and international assessment / Pinchas Tamir
  • On the psychometrics of assessing science understanding / Richard J. Shavelson and Maria Araceli Ruiz-Primo
  • Cautionary notes on assessment of understanding science concepts and nature of science / Ronald G. Good
  • Epilogue : on ways of assessing science understanding / Joseph D. Novak, Joel J. Mintzes, and James H. Wandersee.