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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
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
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Sumario: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 revolution in the past 25 years. Teachers, as well as researchers, are now grappling with how to better teach science, as well as how to assess whether students are learning. Assessing Science Understanding is a companion volume to Teaching Science for Understanding and explores how to assess whether learning has taken place. The book discusses a range of promising new and practical tools for assessment, including concept maps, vee diagrams, clinical interviews, problem sets, performance-based assessments, computer-based methods, visual and observational testing, portfolios, explanatory models, and national examinations.
Notas:Companion volume to Teaching science for understanding. 1998.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxii, 386 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0585492034
9780585492032
9780124983656
0124983650
9780080499499
008049949X