a guide to professional development and classroom practice /
edited by Daniel P. Shepardson
vii, 264 pages :
illustrations ;
25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
1. Introduction to Assessment in Science: A Guide to Professional Development and Classroom Practice / Daniel P. Shepardson -- 2. A Professional Development Framework for Collaborating with Teachers to Change Classroom Assessment Practice / Daniel P. Shepardson -- 3. The NRC Standards as a Tool in the Professional Development of Science Teachers Assessment Knowledge and Practice / Edith S. Gummer and Daniel P. Shepardson -- 4. Facilitating Change in Classroom Assessment Practice: Issues for Professional Development / Edith S. Gummer and Daniel P. Shepardson -- 5. Thinking about Assessment: An Example from an Elementary Classroom / Daniel P. Shepardson -- 6. A Framework for Thinking about and Planning Classroom Assessments in Science / Daniel P. Shepardson and Edith S. Gummer -- 7. Assessment for Emergent Science Literacy in Classrooms for Young Children / Susan J. Britsch -- 8. Tools for Assessing and Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School / Daniel P. Shepardson and Susan J. Britsch -- 9. Assessing Children's Science Learning and Process Skills in the Elementary Classroom / Brenda Main -- 10. Pedagogical-Assessment Activities in a Middle School Life Science Classroom / Marilynn Edwards -- 11. The Multidimensional Assessment of Student Performance in Middle School Science / Vicky Jackson -- 12. Developing and Using Diagnostic and Summative Assessments to Determine Students' Conceptual Understanding in a Junior High School Earth Science Classroom / Ted Leuenberger -- 13. Alternatives to Teaching and Assessing in A High School Chemistry Classroom: Computer Animations and Other Forms of Visualization / Vicky Flick -- 14. Authentic Assessment in High School Science: A Classroom Perspective / David E. Emery -- 15. What We Have Learned: A Summary of Chapter Themes / Daniel P. Shepardson
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A resource for administrators andf staff developers interseted in designing professional development programs, and for science teachers looking for techniques and examples of classroom-based assessments
Science-- Ability testing-- United States
Science-- Study and teaching (Elementary)-- United States-- Evaluation
Science-- Study and teaching (Secondary)-- United States-- Evaluation