| Description |
1 online resource (201 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- Assessing Understanding -- Components of Meaningful Performance Tasks -- The Performance Tasks in This Book -- What's New in This Edition -- Part I -- Theory -- Chapter 1 -- What is Science? -- Scientific Literacy -- Concept Understanding -- Process Skills and Thinking Strategies -- Habits of Mind -- Science-Technology-Society Connections -- Methods of Teaching Science -- Chapter 2 -- New Visions for Mathematics and Language Literacy -- The Vision for Mathematics -- Mathematical Literacy and Mathematical Power -- Mathematics Understanding-Big Ideas -- Mathematical Thinking or Process Standards -- Mathematics Tools and Techniques -- Communication Skills -- The Vision for Language Literacy -- Implications for Teaching and Assessment in Mathematics and Language Literacy -- Chapter 3 -- Developing Rubrics for Teaching and Assessing Performance Tasks -- Rubrics -- Holistic Rubrics -- Generalized Rubrics -- Analytic Rubrics -- Rubrics for the Performance Assessments in This Book -- Chapter 4 -- Putting it all Together: Integrated Performance Tasks for Learning and Assessment -- A Call for Reform -- Assessment Strategies That Provide Feedback to Teachers and Students -- Designing Integrated Performance Tasks for Learning and Assessment -- An Invitation -- Part II -- Application -- Chapter 5 -- Adventuring Back in Time -- Performance Activity 1: Can You Dig It? -- Performance Activity 2: Now, Picture This -- Performance Activity 3: Here's Looking at You, Kid -- Criterion-Referenced Test: Adventuring Back in Time -- Writing Prompt: Making a Photographic Journal -- Analytic Rubric: Adventuring Back in Time -- Chapter 6 -- The Dog-Washing Business -- Performance Activity 1: The Hot and Cold of Dog Washing -- Performance Activity 2: Time and Temperature |
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Performance Activity 3: Setting Up Business -- Criterion-Referenced Test: The Dog-Washing Business -- Writing Prompt: Advertising Our Business -- Analytic Rubric: The Dog-Washing Business -- Chapter 7 -- May the Force Be With You -- Performance Activity 1: Metals That Attract -- Performance Activity 2: Close Encounters -- Performance Activity 3: Coming Attractions -- Criterion-Referenced Test: May the Force be with You -- Writing Prompt: A Friend in Need -- Analytic Rubric: May the Force be with You -- Chapter 8 -- Water, Water Everywhere -- Performance Activity 1: Water Cycle Observations -- Performance Activity 2: Comparing Water Cycles -- Performance Activity 3: A Salty Experience -- Criterion-Referenced Test: Water, Water Everywhere -- Writing Prompt: Acid Rain -- Analytic Rubric: Water, Water Everywhere -- Chapter 9 -- A Wholesome Partnership -- Performance Activity 1: Sum-Thing Fruitful -- Performance Activity 2: Going Bananas -- Criterion-Referenced Test: A Wholesome Partnership -- Writing Prompt: A Wholesome Partnership -- Analytic Rubric: A Wholesome Partnership -- Chapter 10 -- A-W-L for One and One for A-W-L (Air-Water-Land) -- Performance Activity 1: Airing Our Differences -- Performance Activity 2: Wat-er We Finding in Our Water? -- Performance Activity 3: Every Litter Bit Hurts -- Performance Activity 4: Preparing and Giving an Environmental Task Force Report -- Analytic Rubric: A-W-L for One and One for A-W-L -- Chapter 11 -- The Mysterious Package -- Performance Activity: Large Things Come in Small Packages -- Criterion-Referenced Test: The Mysterious Package -- Writing Prompt: The Changing Environment -- Analytic Rubric: The Mysterious Package -- Chapter 12 -- Up, Up, and Away -- Performance Activity 1: Go Fly a Kite -- Performance Activity 2: Smooth Tailing -- Writing Prompt: Kite Design -- Analytic Rubric: Up, Up, and Away |
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Chapter 13 -- Picture Perfect Professions -- Performance Activity 1: A Photo Journal of My Profession -- Performance Activity 2: Designing and Performing a Creative Interview -- Analytic Rubric: Picture Perfect Professions -- Appendix-Answers to Criterion-Referenced Tests -- References and Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Features tasks that model inquiry-based science and helps teachers evaluate learners' acquisition of complex thinking skills, aptitude for science, and ability to make real-world connections |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Science -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs.
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Science -- Ability testing
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching.
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Language arts.
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Language arts
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching
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Science -- Ability testing
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Science -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Musial, Diann L
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| ISBN |
9781412955645 |
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1412955645 |
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