Assessing science understanding
Subtitle: a human constructivist view
By: edited by Joel J. Mintzes, James H. Wandersee, Joseph D. Novak.
Contributors: Mintzes, Joel J.; Wandersee, James H.; Novak, Joseph Donald.
Series: Educational psychology series; Educational psychology series (Academic Press)
Publisher: Elsevier Academic Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Burlington, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
Subjects: Science -- Study and teaching; Constructivism (Education)
Other titles: Teaching science for understanding.
Description: "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."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Paperback reissue of 2000 ed.

Companion volume to Teaching science for understanding. 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.