Science Formative Assessment 75 Practical Strategies Volume 1 by Page Keeley

Description: About this productProduct InformationUse assessment to inform instruction and learning in the science classroom Formative assessment allows educators to discover the varied ideas that students bring to the classroom, determine students' understanding of key concepts, and design learning opportunities that will deepen students' mastery of content and standards. A nationally known expert in science education, Page Keeley provides a rich repertoire of purposeful methods that weave assessment into the process of instruction and learning. The author shares 75 specific assessment techniques to help science teachers in Grades K-12 provide effective instruction. These flexible assessments can be used with any science curriculum, and the author includes: *A description of how each technique promotes student learning *Considerations for design and implementation, such as required materials, timing, modeling the technique, and grouping students *Modifications for different types of students or purposes *Caveats for using each technique *Ways the techniques can be used in other content areas Science Formative Assessment promotes best practices in the science classroom and helps teachers expand their tool kit of proven assessment techniques.Product IdentifiersPublisherCorwin PressISBN-101412941806ISBN-139781412941808eBay Product ID (ePID)63410634Product Key FeaturesAuthorPage D. KeeleyPublication NameScience Formative Assessment : 75 Practical Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction, and LearningFormatTrade PaperbackLanguageEnglishPublication Year2008TypeTextbookNumber of Pages248 PagesDimensionsItem Length10.1in.Item Height0.6in.Item Width7.1in.Item Weight18 OzAdditional Product FeaturesLc Classification NumberQ181.K247 2008ReviewsAfter years of struggling with 'Do they get it?' I can now teach and check for student comprehension in an engaging manner. This book allows me to monitor their understanding without waiting for quiz or test results., After years of struggling with 'Do they get it?' I can now teach and check for student comprehension in an engaging manner. This book allows me to monitor their understanding without waiting for quiz or test results., After years ofstruggling with 'Do they get it?' I can now teach and check for student comprehension in an engaging manner.This book allows me tomonitor their understanding without waiting for quiz or test results., "Page Keeley does it again! This book should be on the desk of all classroom teachers. Teachers will reach for it time and again as they use best practices that include appropriate formative assessment strategies." -- Beverly Cox, Elementary Science Coordinator (12/05/2007), Page Keeley does it again! This book should be on the desk of all classroom teachers. Teachers will reach for it time and again as they use best practices that include appropriate formative assessment strategies., "After years of'struggling with 'Do they get it?' I can now teach and check for student comprehension in an engaging manner.'?This book allows me to'monitor their understanding without waiting for quiz or test results." -- Susan German, Science Teacher (12/07/2007)Table of ContentPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the Author1. An Introduction to Formative Assessment Classroom Techniques (FACTs) What Does a Formative Assessment Classroom Look Like? Why Use Formative Assessment Classroom Techniques (FACTs)? How Can Research Support the Use of FACTs? Classroom Environments That Support Formative Assessment Connecting Teaching and Learning Making the Shift to a Formative Assessment-Centered Classroom2. Integrating FACTs With Instruction and Learning Integrating Assessment and Instruction Assessment That Promotes Thinking and Learning Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning: The Science Assessment, Instruction, and Learning Cycle (SAIL Cycle) Stages in the SAIL Cycle Engagements and Readiness Eliciting Prior Knowledge Exploration and Discovery Concept and Skill Development Concept and Skill Transfer Self-Assessment and Reflection Selecting and Using FACTs to Strengthen the Link Between Assessment, Instruction, and Learning3. Considerations for Selecting, Planning for, and Implementing FACTs Selecting FACTs Selecting FACTs to Match Learning Goals Selecting FACTS to Match Teaching Goals The Critical Importance of Context in Selecting FACTs Implementing FACTs Starting Off With Small Steps Maintaining and Extending Implementation Using Data From the FACTs4. Get the FACTs! 75 Science Formative Assessment Classroom Techniques (FACTs) #1 A&D Statements #2 Agreement Circles #3 Annotated Student Drawings #4 Card Sorts #5 CCC: Collaborative Clued Correction #6 Chain Notes #7 Commit and Toss #8 Concept Card Mapping #9 Concept Cartoons #10 Data Match #11 Directed Paraphrasing #12 Explanation Analysis #13 Fact First Questioning #14 Familiar Phenomenon Probes #15 First Word-Last Word #16 Fish Bowl Think Aloud #17 Fist to Five #18 Focused Listing #19 Four Corners #20 Frayer Model #21 Friendly Talk Probes #22 Give Me Five #23 Guided Reciprocal Peer Questioning #24 Human Scatterplots #25 Informal Student Interviews #26 Interest Scale #27 I Think, We Think #28 I Used to Think...But Now I Know #29 Juicy Questions #30 Justified List #31 Justified True or False Statements #32 K-W-L Variations #33 Learning Goals Inventory (LGI) #34 Look Back #35 Missed-Conceptions #36 Muddiest Point #37 No Hands Questioning #38 Odd One Out #39 Paint the Picture #40 Partner Speaks #41 Pass the Question #42 A Picture Tells a Thousand Words #43 P-E-O Probes (Predict, Explain, Observe) #44 POMS- Point Of Most Significance #45 Popsicle Stick Questioning #46 Prefacing Explanations #47 PVF: Paired Verbal Fluency #48 Question Generating #49 Recognizing Exceptions #50 Refutations #51 Representation Analysis #52 Rerun #53 Scientists Ideas Comparison #54 Sequencing #55 Sticky Bars #56 STIP: Scientific Terminology Inventory Probe #57 Student Evaluation of Learning Gains #58 Synectics #59 Ten-Two #60 Thinking Log #61 Think-Pair-Share #62 Thought Experiments #63 Three Minute Pause #64 Three-Two-One #65 Traffic Light Cards #66 Traffic Light Cups #67 Traffic Light Dots #68 Two Minute Paper #69 Two of Three Before Me #70 Two Stars and a Wish #71 Two-Thirds Testing #72 Volleyball, Not Ping Pong! #73 Wait Time Variations #74 What Are You Doing and Why? #75 WhiteboardingAppendixReferencesIndexCopyright Date2008Target AudienceScholarly & ProfessionalTopicStudy & Teaching, General, Curricula, Teaching Methods & Materials / Science & Technology, Testing & Measurement, Teaching Methods & Materials / GeneralLccn2007-043276IllustratedYesGenreEducation, Science

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