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Developing and Evaluating Instructionally Sensitive Assessments in Science
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Ruiz-Primo, Maria Araceli; Li, Min; Wills, Kellie; Giamellaro, Michael; Lan, Ming-Chih; Mason, Hillary; Sands, Deanna – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2012
The purpose of this article is to address a major gap in the instructional sensitivity literature on how to develop instructionally sensitive assessments. We propose an approach to developing and evaluating instructionally sensitive assessments in science and test this approach with one elementary life-science module. The assessment we developed…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Inferences, Student Centered Curriculum, Test Construction
Teaching Science as Science Is Practiced: Opportunities and Limits for Enhancing Preservice Elementary Teachers' Self-Efficacy for Science and Science Teaching
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Avery, Leanne M.; Meyer, Daniel Z. – School Science and Mathematics, 2012
Science teaching in elementary schools, or the lack thereof, continues to be an area of concern and criticism. Preservice elementary teachers' lack of confidence in teaching science is a major part of this problem. In this mixed-methods study, we report the impacts of an inquiry-based science course on preservice elementary teachers' self-efficacy…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Scientific Research, Science Instruction, Science Curriculum
Using Mahalanobis Distance Scores for Matched Pairing of Schools in a Randomized Controlled Trial Study of Leadership and Assistance for Science Education Reform (LASER)
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Zoblotsky, Todd; Ransford-Kaldon, Carolyn; Morrison, Donald M. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The present paper describes the recruitment and site selection process that has been underway since January 2011, with particular emphasis on the use of Mahalanobis distance score to determine matched pairs of sites prior to randomization to treatment and control groups. Through a systematic winnowing process, the authors found that they could…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Educational Change, Research Methodology, Site Selection
Methods and Strategies: The Reflective Assessment Technique
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Kennedy, Cathleen; Long, Kathy; Camins, Arthur – Science and Children, 2009
Teachers often rely on student questions, their observations of students at work, and their own intuition to monitor how well students are learning. However, the authors found that teachers learn more about their students when they use the four-step Reflective Assessment Technique that draws on guided teacher reflections to inform classroom…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Control Groups, Science Curriculum, Scores
Environmental Education Saves the Day
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Haines, Sarah; Kilpatrick, Cynthia – Science and Children, 2007
At the start of each school year at Oil City Elementary Magnet School in Oil City, Louisiana, eager students ask, "What's our theme this year?" This curiosity comes from their expectations that they will study a different environmental concept each year. Kindergarten classes learn to "Be a Friend to the Earth," followed by life…
Descriptors: Meteorology, Teaching Methods, Scores, Science Achievement
Matching Assessment to the Curriculum in a Systemic Science Reform Project.
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McColskey, Wendy; And Others – 1993
The North Carolina Project for Reform in Science Education, which is part of the National Science Teachers Association's Scope, Sequence, and Coordination Project, and the importance of student test scores as an evaluation tool were evaluated. Seven North Carolina schools participated in the project's first year (1991-92), with 21 teachers, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Educational Change