Assessing Science Understanding: A Human Constructivist View (Educational Psychology) - Hardcover

 
9780124983656: Assessing Science Understanding: A Human Constructivist View (Educational Psychology)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0124983650 ISBN 13: 9780124983656
Publisher: Academic Press, 2000

Synopsis

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.

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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.

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Publisher
Academic Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0124983650
ISBN 13 
9780124983656
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
386
Editor
Mintzes Joel J., Wandersee James H., Novak Joseph D.