Methods & Strategies: Deep Assessment

Autor/inn/en	Haas, Alison; Hollimon, Shameka; Lee, Okhee
Titel	Methods & Strategies: Deep Assessment
Quelle	In: Science and Children, 53 (2015) 3, S.73-77 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8148
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Elementary School Students; Middle School Students; Student Evaluation; Language Arts; Literacy; Multiple Choice Tests; Standards; High Stakes Tests; Writing (Composition); Vocabulary Skills; Inquiry; Evaluation Methods; Guides; Content Area Writing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Sprachkultur; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Multiple choice examinations; Multiple-choice tests, Multiple-choice examinations; Multiple-Choice-Verfahren; Standard; Schreibübung; Aktiver Wortschatz; Handbuch; Leitfaden; Schriftliche Übung
Abstract	The "Next Generation Science Standards" ("NGSS") push students to have "a deeper understanding of content" (NGSS Lead States 2013, Appendix A, p. 4). However, with the reality of high-stakes assessments that rely primarily on multiple-choice questions, how can a science teacher analyze students' written responses beyond "right" or "wrong" given instructional time constraints? To address this issue, the authors of this article set out to design a useful and realistic assessment guide to analyze students' written responses in science. Their assessment guide would be appropriate for intermediate grade levels, grades 3-5, up to middle school, grades 6-8. As they designed their assessment guide, they incorporated the four following factors: (1) simplicity; (2) time; (3) science vs. language arts perspective in relation to students with limited literacy; and (4) meaningful feedback to inform instruction and identified three areas in which to assess students' science writing: science content, science inquiry, and science vocabulary. This article describes how the authors used their assessment guide to analyze written responses from over 350 students (two students from each of approximately 175 classes) participating in their research. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01