Knowing when You Don't Know

Autor/inn/en	Doane, William E. J.; Rice, Rebekah R.; Zachos, Paul
Titel	Knowing when You Don't Know
Quelle	In: Science Teacher, 73 (2006) 4, S.46-49 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8555
Schlagwörter	Thinking Skills; Performance Based Assessment; Tests; Evaluation; Science Teachers; Science Instruction; Earth Science; Educational Objectives; Prediction; Grading; Problem Solving; Laboratory Experiments; Scientific Concepts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Denkfähigkeit; Leistungsermittlung; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Evaluierung; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Earth sciences; Geowissenschaften; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Vorhersage; Notengebung; Schulnote; Problemlösen; Laboratory work; Laborarbeit
Abstract	This article describes an alternative way of testing--a performance assessment--that is different both in process and goals from typical tests, but closer to what teachers believe assessment should be. Teachers who have helped to create, refine, and use this new generation of tests find them valuable because they measure the skills and concepts that they believe are most important for their students to develop. In this article, the authors present advantages of these assessments, such as: (1) allow students to solve practical problems based on natural phenomena; (2) target higher-level thinking abilities; (3) produce information that supports teaching and learning; and (4) can be used both for formative and summative purposes. In this article, the authors present Cubes & Liquids as an example of these assessments. (Contains 1 figure.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10