Assessment in science
Subtitle: practical experiences and education research
By: edited by Maureen McMahon ... [et al.].
Contributors: McMahon, Maureen.
Publisher: NSTA Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Arlington, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781933531007
Subjects: Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Evaluation; Science -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Evaluation; Science -- Ability testing
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A knowledge-based framework for the classroom assessment of student science understanding / Michael R. Vitale, Nancy R. Romance, and Megan F. Dolan; title: Developing assessment items: a how-to guide / Laura Henriques, Alan Colburn, and William C. Ritz; title: Assessment in support of conceptual understanding and student motivation to learn science / Melissa DiGennaro King; title: Adaptive inquiry as the silver bullet: reconciling local curriculum, instruction, and assessment procedures with state-mandated testing in science / Stephen J. Farenga, Beverly A. Joyce, and Daniel Ness; title: Science standards influence classroom assessment practices / Kathy J. McWaters and Ronald G. Good; title: Usable assessments for teaching science content and inquiry standards / Christopher J. Harris ... [et al.]; title: Using rubrics to foster meaningful learning / Marcelle A. Siegel ... [et al.]; title: Professional development and teacher learning: using concept maps in inquiry classrooms / Beth Kubitskey ... [et al.]; title: Coming to see the invisible: assessing understanding in an inquiry-focused science classroom / Andrea M. Barton, Jennifer L. Cartier, and Angelo Collins; title: Evolving ideas: assessment in an evolution course / Cynthia Passmore and Jim Stewart; title: Varying instructional methods and assessment of students in high-school chemistry / Avi Hofstein, Rachel Mamlok, and Otilia Rosenberg; title: Integrating an assessment plan into a K-12/university engineering partnership / Daniel W. Knight and Jacquelyn F. Sullivan; title: Performance assessment tasks as a stimulus for collaboration amoung preservice and inservice teachers / Valarie L. Akerson, Amy Roth McDuffie, and Judith A. Morrison; title: Assessment in support of contextually authentic inquiry / Cory A. Buxton; title: Helping students understand the minds-on side of learning science / Lawrence B. Flick and Michael Tomlinson; title: Revised views of classroom assessment / Mistilina Sato ... [et al.]; title: Moving beyond grades and scores: reconsidering assessment feedback / Caleb Cheung ... [et al.]; title: Mind mapping as a flexible assessment tool / Karen Goodnough and Robin Long.