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A Human Constructivist View
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Edited By
Joel Mintzes, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, U.S.A.
James Wandersee, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, U.S.A.
Joseph Novak, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.
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Educational Psychology,
Description
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 assess whether learning has taken place. The book discusses a range of promising new and practical
tools for assessment including concept maps, vee diagrams, clinical interviews, problem sets, performance-based assessments, computer-based
methods, visual and observational testing, portfolios, explanatory models, and national examinations.
Audience
Researchers in education and educational psychology; teachers of science at all levels of education.
Contents
J. Mintzes and J.H. Wandersee, Learning, Teaching, and Assessment: A Human Constructivist Perspective.K.M. Edmondson,
Assessing Science Understanding Through Concept Maps.J.J. Mintzes and J.D. Novak, Assessing Science Understanding: The Epistemological
V Diagram.S.A. Southerland, M.U. Smith, and C.L. Cummins, "What Do You Mean by That?": Using Structured Interviews to Assess
Science Understanding.K. Hogan and J. Fisherkeller, Dialogue as Data: Assessing Students' Scientific Reasoning with Interactive
Protocols.J.H. Wandersee, Designing an Image-Based Biology Test.E. Trowbridge and J.H. Wandersee, Observation Rubrics
in Science Assessment.M.R. Vitale and N.R. Romance, Portfolios in Science Assessment: A Knowledge-Based Model for Classroom
Practice.K.M. Fisher, SemNetR Software as an Assessment Tool.A.B. Champagne and V.L. Kouba, Writing to
Inquire: Written Products as Performance Measures.P.M. Sadler, The Relevance of Multiple-Choice Testing in Assessing Science
Understanding.P. Tamir, National and International Assessment.R.J. Shavelson and M.A. Ruiz-Primo, On the Psychometrics
of Assessing Science Understanding.R.G. Good, Cautionary Notes on Assessment of Understanding Science Concepts and Nature of
Science.J.J. Mintzes, J.H. Wandersee, and J.D. Novak, Epilogue: On Ways of Assessing Science Understanding.
Subject Index.
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Paperback, 407 pages, publication date: DEC-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-088534-3
ISBN-10: 0-12-088534-4
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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