The Assessment of Practical Work in School Science

Autor/inn/en	Abrahams, Ian; Reiss, Michael J.; Sharpe, Rachael M.
Titel	The Assessment of Practical Work in School Science
Quelle	In: Studies in Science Education, 49 (2013) 2, S.209-251 (43 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7267
DOI	10.1080/03057267.2013.858496
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Summative Evaluation; Student Evaluation; Science Process Skills; Science Education; Secondary School Science; Science Tests; Exit Examinations; Advanced Placement Programs; Vocational Education; STEM Education; Geography; Technology; Modern Languages; Second Languages; Music; Performance Based Assessment; Comparative Analysis; Australia; China; Finland; France; New Zealand; Singapore; United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Scotland); Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; STEM; Geografie; Technologie; Gegenwartssprache; Second language; Zweitsprache; Musik; Leistungsermittlung; Australien; Finnland; Frankreich; Neuseeland; Singapur
Abstract	This article reviews how practical work, including practical skills, is currently summatively assessed in school science in a number of countries and makes comparisons with how other subjects, such as music and modern foreign languages, summatively assess skills. Whilst practical skills in school science are clearly valued as being of importance, there is a lack of clarity as to what these skills actually are and how they might, most effectively, be validly assessed. Countries vary greatly in the extent to which they employ what we term "Direct Assessment of Practical Skills" (DAPS) or "Indirect Assessment of Practical Skills" (IAPS). Each of these approaches has advantages and disadvantages but we conclude that too great reliance on IAPS reduces the likelihood that practical work will be taught and learnt as well as it might be. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10