Screen LibraryValuing assessment in science education pedagogy, curriculum, policy /
Assessment is a fundamental issue in research in science education, in curriculum development and implementation in science education as well as in science teaching and learning.This book takes a broad and deep view of research involving assessment in science education, across contexts and cultures...
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| Literature type: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6668-6 |
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Assessment is a fundamental issue in research in science education, in curriculum development and implementation in science education as well as in science teaching and learning.This book takes a broad and deep view of research involving assessment in science education, across contexts and cultures (from whole countries to individual classrooms) and across forms and purposes (from assessment in the service of student learning to policy implications of system wide assessment). It examines the relationships between assessment, measurement and evaluation; explores assessment philosophies and prac |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (viii, 376 p.) : ill. |
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9789400766686 (electronic bk.) 9400766688 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | Q181 |
| CLC: | N4 |
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Valuing Assessment in Science Education: An Introductory Framework / International Assessments of Science Learning: Their Positive and Negative Contributions to Science Education / International, National and Classroom Assessment: Potent Factors in Shaping What Counts in School Science / Improving Science Education: Why Assessment Matters / Towards an Authentically Assessed Science Curriculum / Aligning Science Curriculum Renewal Efforts and Assessment Practices / Content to be Assessed Across the History of the National Assessment of Educational Progress -- The Influence of Assessment on Moderating Science Teachers' Beliefs and Practices / Issues in Teaching for and Assessment of Creativity in Mathematics and Science / Science Teachers' Understanding of the College Entrance Examination in a Climate of National Curriculum Reform in China / Pedagogy in Theory and in Practice: Formative and Summative Assessments in Classrooms and in Systems / An Assessment Perezhivanie: Building an Assessment Pedagogy for, with and of Early Childhood Science Learning / Classroom Assessment: Making Space for Diversity / Formative Assessment as a Cultural Practice: The Use of Written Formative Assessment in Samoan Science Classrooms / The Disparity Between Achievement and Engagement in Students' Science Learning: A Case of East-Asian Regions / Embedding Assessment Within Primary School Science: A Case Study / Formative Assessment in Learning to Teach Science / Changing Assessment Practices in Science Classrooms / |