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Assessing Science Understanding: A Human Constructivist View - Educational Psychology
Joel J Mintzes
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Assessing Science Understanding: A Human Constructivist View - Educational Psychology
Joel J Mintzes
A companion volume to "Teaching Science for Understanding", this book explores how to assess whether learning has taken place. It discusses a range tools for assessment including concept maps, vee diagrams, clinical interviews, problem sets, performance-based assessments, computer-based methods, visual and observational testing, and more.
Marc Notes: Originally published: San Diego, Calif.; London: Academic, 2000.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; This companion volume to 'Teaching Science for Understanding' explores how to assess whether scientific learning has taken place. It discusses a range of practical tools for assessment, including concept maps, Venn diagrams, and clinical interviews. Review Quotes: "This is a timely and useful book for science educators or anyone training to use construct-based assessment in an educational setting." CHOICE "If these books, and others like them, have their intended impact, science education will have a bright future." THE AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER ..".a source of excellent information on new and potentially very powerful, research-based assessment strategies..." PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE "If one is interested in "constructivist" assessment in science, this book is a good resource..." CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY" Review Citations:
Scitech Book News 06/01/2001 pg. 15 (EAN 9780124983656, Hardcover)
Choice 03/01/2001 pg. 1318 (EAN 9780124983656, Hardcover)
Contributor Bio: Mintzes, Joel J University of North Carolina, WilmingtonContributor Bio: Wandersee, James H Louisiana State University, Baton RougeContributor Bio: Novak, Joseph D Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 1, 2004 |
| Original release date | 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780120885343 |
| Publishers | Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc |
| Pages | 416 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 230 × 21 mm · 548 g |
| Editor | Mintzes, Joel J. (University of North Carolina, Wilmington, U.S.A.) |
| Editor | Novak, Joseph D. (Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.) |
| Editor | Wandersee, James H. (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, U.S.A.) |
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