| Edition |
First Skyhorse Publishing edition. |
| Description |
xix, 177 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-172) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Assessing understanding ; Components of meaningful performance tasks ; The performance tasks in this book ; What's new in this edition -- Part I. Theory. What is science?. Scientific literacy. Concept understanding ; Process skills and thinking strategies ; Habits of mind ; Science-technology-society connections -- Methods of teaching science -- 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 -- Developing rubrics for teaching and assessing performance tasks. Rubrics. Holistic rubrics ; Generalized rubrics ; Analytic rubrics -- Rubrics for the performance assessments in this book -- Putting it all together : integrated performance tasks for learning and assessment. A call for reform ; Assessment strategies that provide feedback to teacher and students ; Designing integrated performance tasks for learning and assessment ; An invitation -- Part II. Application. 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 -- The dog-washing business. Performance activity 1 : the hot and cold of dog washing ; Performance activity 2 : time and temperature ; Performance activity 3 : setting up business ; Criterion-referenced test : the dog-washing business ; Writing prompt : advertising our business ; Analytic rubric : the dog-washing business -- 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 -- |
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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 -- A wholesome partnership. Performance activity 1 : sum-thing fruitful ; Performance activity 2 : going bananas ; Criterion-referenced test : a wholesome partnership ; Analytic rubric : a wholesome partnership -- 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 : prepraring and giving an environmental task force report ; Analytic rubric : A-W-L for one and one for A-W-L -- The mysterious package. Performance activity 1 : large things come in small packages ; Criterion-referenced test : the mysterious package ; Writing prompt : the changing environment ; Analytic rubric : the mysterious package -- 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 -- 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. |
| Summary |
Challenge and expand students' abilities with multidimensional performance tasks!In this invaluable resource, science educators Elizabeth Hammerman and Diann Musial define a new vision for integrating science, mathematics, and language arts with instruction and assessment and encourage teachers to develop reliable processes for assessing both their teaching practice and student learning.This revised edition offers more than 20 performance assessments that promote student engagement. Each clearly articulated task correlates with current research and focuses on learning indicators linked to stat. |
| Subject |
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. (OCoLC)fst00992284
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Mathematics -- Study and teaching. (OCoLC)fst01012236
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Science -- Ability testing.
(OCoLC)fst01108178
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Science -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs.
(OCoLC)fst01108389
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| Added Author |
Musial, Diann, author.
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Yager, Robert Eugene, 1930- author of foreword.
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| Added Title |
Integrating science with mathematics and literacy |
| ISBN |
9781629147062 paperback |
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1629147060 paperback |
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