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A concise science assessment text that helps K–12 teachers master the effective science assessment methods that lead to improved student learning
Presenting both traditional and innovative assessment methods integral to science teaching and learning, Essentials of Science Classroom Assessment shows teachers the connection between effective science assessment and improved student learning. The text uses a competence-based approach consistent with the National Science Education Standards to help teachers master assessment skills, apply them to science classroom instruction, and evaluate their impact on student learning.
Key Features and Benefits
Provides practical examples from both elementary and secondary science classrooms to demonstrate how to design a wide variety of traditional and innovative assessment methods; Presents case scenarios in each chapter that help teachers reflect on the assessment issues they will encounter in their own classrooms; Includes end-of-chapter checklists and practice questions that allow readers to check their mastery of assessment skills before moving on, as well as annotated bibliographies that direct them to additional readings on topics of interest
The Web-based Student study site at http://www.sagepub.com/liustudy provides electronic flashcards, practice quizzes, alternative assessment tasks, additional Web resources, and abstracts identifying more than forty common K–12 student preconceptions of science topics.
Summative Assessment
Summative Assessment
Chapter 2 has introduced various techniques for assessing student preconceptions. Following the Understanding by Design (UbD) approach (Wiggins & McTighe, 2005), the next stage in planning a unit of instruction is deciding what evidence at the end of the unit indicates student mastery of learning outcomes, which calls for the development of summative assessment. Planning summative assessment before planning learning activities is what makes the UbD's backward design approach unique and powerful because knowledge of what students should demonstrate at the end of the unit can inform what you should plan for students during the unit (i.e., opportunity to learn).
Summative assessment takes place at the end of a learning sequence to find out if students have mastered the learning outcomes. There are ...
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