Classroom 2061: Activity-Based Assessments in Science Integrated with Mathematics and Language Arts - Tapa blanda

Reseña del editor

Steeped in the sweeping ideas of Project 2061-the new vision for science education for the 21st century-this hands-on classroom resource furnishes a set of carefully crafted, integrated performance assessments and offers practical guidelines for educators to develop similar assessments of their own.

The prototypic assessments are designed so that students can demonstrate their knowledge and abilities in science in a multitude of ways, such as through investigation, problem solving, inventiveness, and inquiry. In addition, the assessments effectively integrate the new visions for mathematics and language arts education into science instruction.

Classroom 2061: Activity-Based Assessments in Science Integrated with Mathematics and Language Arts is divided into two sections. The first section clearly articulates the new visions for science, mathematics, and language arts education and provides detailed guidelines for developing meaningful, integrated performance assessments. The second section offers ten ready-to-use models of performance assessments that are linked to national standards and incorporate a variety of ways to assess students' content understanding; process and thinking skill acquisition; habits of mind, or scientific dispositions; and ability to make real-world connections.

The model assessments engage students in fascinating exploration activities and include reproducible student-response pages, writing prompts, criterion-referenced tests, and scoring rubrics. With this handy resource, you can incorporate the rich, integrated performance assessments in Classroom 2061 into your lesson plans and allow students to examine the world in unique and exciting ways while they simultaneously yield reliable performance data. Or, using the detailed and proven guidelines provided, you can develop your own multidimensional performance assessments to meet the specific needs and interests of your students.

Biografía del autor

Elizabeth Hammerman is a dedicated science educator and consultant. Her professional background includes teaching science at the middle school and high school levels and over 20 years of experience teaching university science education courses and co-directing funded grant projects. She has done extensive professional development with teachers in the field, specializing in curriculum development and implementation, performance assessment, and effective teaching and learning. The need for high-quality professional development programs and materials in science education became apparent throughout the many projects and professional relationships with teachers who were eager to increase their knowledge base, skills, and confidence for teaching science more effectively.

Hammerman has co-authored a book on performance assessment in science and authored a database of science assessment tasks. She has published articles, presented programs at national conferences, consulted nationally, and developed curriculum and assessments for cutting-edge school districts and commercial products.

Since relocating to North Carolina in 1999, Hammerman has been a math/science consultant for a consortium of seven county school systems, has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in teacher education and science education, served as director of education and professional development for Virtual Learning Systems, and worked as a consultant for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. She is actively involved in professional development and continues to work on a series of professional development books for science education for Corwin Press.