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Ruiz-Primo, Maria Araceli; Furtak, Erin Marie – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
This study explores teachers' informal formative assessment practices in three middle school science classrooms. We present a model for examining these practices based on three components of formative assessment (eliciting, recognizing, and using information) and the three domains linked to scientific inquiry (epistemic frameworks, conceptual…
Descriptors: Informal Assessment, Formative Evaluation, Student Evaluation, Models
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Ruiz-Primo, Maria Araceli; Furtak, Erin Marie – Educational Assessment, 2006
What does informal formative assessment look like in the context of scientific inquiry teaching? Is it possible to identify different levels of informal assessment practices? Can different levels of informal assessment practices be related to levels of student learning? This study addresses these issues by exploring how 4 middle school science…
Descriptors: Informal Assessment, Formative Evaluation, Middle School Teachers, Science Teachers