TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mintzes,Joel J.
AU  - Wandersee,James H.
AU  - Novak,Joseph D.
TI  - Assessing science understanding: a human constructivist view 
T2  - Educational psychology series
SN  - 9780080575339
AV  - LB1585 .A78 2005eb
U1  - 372.35 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Burlington, MA
PB  - Elsevier Academic Press
KW  - Science
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Constructivism (Education)
KW  - Educational tests and measurements
KW  - Educational Measurement
KW  - Apprentissage
KW  - Évaluation
KW  - Constructivisme (Éducation)
KW  - Sciences
KW  - Étude et enseignement
KW  - Tests et mesures en éducation
KW  - EDUCATION
KW  - Teaching Methods & Materials
KW  - Science & Technology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Companion volume to Teaching science for understanding. 1998; Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Cover; Assessin Science Understanding: A Human Constructivist View; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; CHAPTER 1. LEARNING, TEACHING, AND ASSESSMENT: A HUMAN CONSTRUCTIVIST PERSPECTIVE; CHAPTER 2. ASSESSING SCIENCE UNDERSTANDING THROUGH CONCEPT MAPS; CHAPTER 3. ASSESSING SCIENCE UNDERSTANDING: THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL VEE DIAGRAM; CHAPTER 4. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?": USING STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS TO ASSESS SCIENCE UNDERSTANDING; CHAPTER 5. DIALOGUE AS DATA: ASSESSING STUDENTS' SCIENTIFIC REASONING WITH INTERACTIVE PROTOCOLS; CHAPTER 6. DESIGNING AN IMAGE-BASED BIOLOGY TEST; CHAPTER 7. OBSERVATION RUBRICS IN SCIENCE ASSESSMENTCHAPTER 8. PORTFOLIOS IN SCIENCE ASSESSMENT: A KNOWLEDGE-BASED MODEL FOR CLASSROOM PRACTICE; CHAPTER 9. SemNet SOFTWARE AS AN ASSESSMENT TOOL; CHAPTER 10. WRITING TO INQUIRE: WRITTEN PRODUCTS AS PERFORMANCE MEASURES; CHAPTER 11. THE RELEVANCE OF MULTIPLE-CHOICE TESTING IN ASSESSING SCIENCE UNDERSTANDING; CHAPTER 12. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT; CHAPTER 1
N2  - Recent government publications like "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
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