Formative Assessment Strategies for Enhanced Learning in Science, K-8 - Elizabeth Hammerman

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Formative Assessment Strategies for Enhanced Learning in Science, K-8

By: Elizabeth Hammerman

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Hardcover | 26 September 2008

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This user-friendly resource defines formative assessment and provides strategies for embedding formative assessment into the K-8 science curriculum. Based on the IDEA approach: Introduce, Discuss, Elaborate, and Apply this research-based book guides readers through discussions, 'thought and reflection' activities, analyses of assessment techniques, and applications to classroom practice. Formative Assessment Strategies for Enhanced Learning in Science, K-8 demonstrates how teachers can use various models of formative assessments to instruct, monitor student progress, and evaluate learning, helping to broaden teachers' understanding of assessment and how assessment tools can be used to guide successful standards-based teaching and learning in science. To support teachers' application of formative assessments in the classroom, the author covers:

"a framework for planning and implementing high quality instruction and formative assessments

"planning guides with examples and suggestions for differentiating instruction

"rubrics as a means of discovering student strengths and weaknesses

"additional specific tools for collecting student data to inform instructional decisions

Industry Reviews

"Hammerman focuses on the meaning and centrality of formative assessment, providing insights, examples, and ties to numerous individual initiatives to improve science experiences for students and to inspire better teaching for teachers." -- Robert E. Yager, Professor of Science Education
"Addresses the various assessments used in our schools, but most importantly how they can be approached to improve learning." -- Elizabeth Alvarez, Math and Science Coach
"With so many teachers trying to meet the needs of NCLB, using strategies that we find credible and do-able is a major goal. The many good suggestions with reasonable rationale make this a valuable book." -- Judith A. Filkins, K-8 Math and Science Curriculum Coordinator
"The book fills a gap left open by many teacher credential programs: how to teach and assess science. New and veteran teachers will benefit from the specific examples of assessment strategies given and the prompts to reflect on practice." -- Regina Brinker, Science Teacher

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Preface
The Goals of Formative Assessment Strategies for Enhanced Learning in Science
Uses for Formative Assessment Strategies for Enhanced Learning in Science
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Student-Centered Instruction and Assessment
Changing Practice to Improve Learning
An Overview of Chapters
Formative Assessment and Science
New Ways of Thinking About Assessment
Goal-Centered Assessment
Research Support for Formative Assessment
Creating a Vision for Formative Assessment
Examining Beliefs and Practices
Traditional Versus Student-Centered Views of Assessment
Formative Assessment as "Authentic" Assessment
Clear Targets for Instruction and Assessment
Using Rubrics to Guide Learning
The What and Why of Rubrics
Holistic Rubrics
Designing Holistic Rubrics
Generalized Rubrics
Examples of Generalized Rubrics
Analytic Rubrics
Assessment Tasks With Analytic Rubrics
Designing Analytic Rubrics
Rubrics for Self-Assessment and Peer Assessment
Design a Rubric
Observation Checklists and Effective Questioning
Observation Checklists
Sample Observation Checklists
Effective Questioning
Questions for Thinking and Problem Solving
Questions for Instruction and Assessment
Notebooks, Reports, and Graphic Organizers
Notebooks
Notebooks as Assessment Tools
Rubric for a Science Notebook
Lab Reports
Lab Reports for Learning and Assessment
Rubric for a Lab Report
Graphic Organizers
Descriptive Organizers
Sequential Organizers
Process-Casual Organizers
Categorical Organizers
Comparison-Related Organizers
Problem-Solution Organizers
Four Corner Organizers
Projects and Presentations
Learning Through Projects
Assessing Projects
Rubric for a Project
Learning Through Presentations
Assessing Presentations
Performance Tasks and Embedded Assessments
Performance Assessment
Performance Tasks
A Generalized Rubric for a Performance Task
Embedded Assessments
A Model for Embedded Assessments
Sample Embedded Performance Task
Designing Embedded Performance Assessments
Performance Assessments Following Instruction
Sample Performance Assessments
Performance Assessment as Benchmark Assessment
Characteristics of Benchmark Assessments
Sample Benchmark Assessment
Planning and Implementing Formative Assessment
Characteristics of High-Quality Instruction and Assessment
Planning Formative Assessment
A Planning Guide for Formative Assessment
A Planning Guide for a Unit on Cells
Using Assessment Data to Modify Instruction
Project Choices
Adjusting Assignments
Stations for Active Learning
Differentiating Instruction Through Centers
Creating Contracts
Formative Assessment and Accountability
References and Further Reading
Index
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