Assessing science understanding a human constructivist view
This companion volume to "Teaching Science for Understanding" exploes how to assess whether scientific learning has taken place. It discusses a range of practical tools for assessment, including concept maps, Venn diagrams, clinical interviews, problems sets and performance-based assessmen...
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Table of Contents:
- Learning, teaching, and assessment : a human constructivist perspective / Joseph D. Novak, Joel J. Mintzes, and James H. Wandersee
- Assessing science understanding through concept maps / Katherine M. Edmondson
- Assessing science understanding : the epistemological vee diagram / Joel J. Mintzes and Joseph D. Novak
- "What do you mean by that?" : using structured interviews to assess science understanding / Sherry A. Southerland, Mike U. Smith, and Catherine L. Cummins
- Dialogue as data : assessing students' scientific reasoning with interactive protocols / Kathleen Hogan and JoEllen Fisherkeller.
- Designing an image-based biology test / James H. Wandersee
- Observation rubrics in science assessment / John E. Trowbridge and James H. Wandersee
- Portfolios in science assessment : a knowledge-based model for classroom practice / Michael R. Vitale and Nancy R. Romance
- SemNet software as an assessment tool / Kathleen M. Fisher
- Writing to inquire : written products as performance measures / Audrey B. Champagne and Vicky L. Kouba
- Relevance of multiple-choice testing in assessing science understanding / Philip M. Sadler
- National and international assessment / Pinchas Tamir
- On the psychometrics of assessing science understanding / Richard J. Shavelson and Maria Araceli Ruiz-Primo
- Cautionary notes on assessment of understanding science concepts and nature of science / Ronald G. Good
- Epilogue : on ways of assessing science understanding / Joseph D. Novak, Joel J. Mintzes, and James H. Wandersee.