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Assessing Science Understanding

A Human Constructivist View

A volume in Educational Psychology

Book2005

Edited by:

Joel J. Mintzes, James H. Wandersee and Joseph D. Novak

Assessing Science Understanding

A Human Constructivist View

A volume in Educational Psychology

Book2005

 

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Edited by:

Joel J. Mintzes, James H. Wandersee and Joseph D. Novak

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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. Wh ... read full description

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    Chapter 1 - Learning, teaching, and assessment: A human constructivist perspective

    Joseph D. Novak, Joel I. Mintzes and James H. Wandersee

    Pages 1-13

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    Chapter 2 - Assessing science understanding through concept maps

    Katherine M. Edmondson

    Pages 15-40

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    Chapter 3 - Assessing science understanding: The epistemological vee diagram

    Joel J. Mintzes and Joseph D. Novak

    Pages 41-69

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    Chapter 4 - “what do you mean by that?” using structured interviews to assess science understanding

    Sherry A. Southerland, Mike U. Smith and Catherine L. Cummins

    Pages 71-93

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    Chapter 5 - Dialogue as data: Assessing students' scientific reasoning with interactive protocols

    Kathleen Hogan and Joellen Fisherkeller

    Pages 95-127

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    Chapter 6 - Designing an image-based biology test

    James H. Wandersee

    Pages 129-143

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    Chapter 7 - Observation rubrics in science assessment

    John E. Trowbridge and James H. Wandersee

    Pages 145-166

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    Chapter 8 - Portfolios in science assessment: A knowledge- based model for classroom practice

    Michael R. Vitale and Nancy R. Romance

    Pages 167-196

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    Chapter 9 - SemNet Software as an Assessment Tool

    Kathleen M. Fisher

    Pages 197-221

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    Chapter 10 - Writing to Inquire: Written Products as Performance Measures

    Audrey B. Champagne and Vicky L. Kouba

    Pages 223-247

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    Chapter 11 - The relevance of multiple- choice tests in assessing science understanding

    Philip M. Sadler

    Pages 249-278

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    Chapter 12 - National and international assessment

    Pinchas Tamir

    Pages 279-302

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    Chapter 13 - On the Psychometrics of Assessing Science Understanding

    Richard I. Shavelson and Maria Araceli ruiz-Primo

    Pages 303-341

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    Chapter 14 - Cautionary Notes on Assessment of Understanding Science Concepts and Nature of Science

    Ronald G. Good

    Pages 343-354

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    Chapter 15 - Epilogue: On Ways of Assessing Science Understanding

    Joseph D. Novak, Joel J. Mintzes and James H. Wandersee

    Pages 355-374

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    Index

    Pages 375-386

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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.

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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978-0-12-498365-6

Language

English

Published

2005

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Copyright © 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved

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Academic Press

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Editors

Joel J. Mintzes

Department of Biological Sciences University of North Carolina at Wilmington and Department of Math, Science, and Technical Education North Carolina State U

James H. Wandersee

Graduate Studies in Curriculum and Instruction Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Joseph D. Novak

Department of Education Cornell University Ithaca, New York