Science Formative Assessment : 75 Practical Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning

by Page Keeley

• ISBN13: 9781412941808
• ISBN10: 1412941806
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-20
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

These 75 specific techniques help K'12 science teachers determine students' understanding of key concepts.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xii
About the Author	p. xiv
An Introduction to Formative Assessment Classroom Techniques (FACTs)	p. 1
What Does a Formative Assessment-Centered Classroom Look Like?	p. 1
Why Use FACTs?	p. 3
How Does Research Support the Use of FACTs?	p. 6
Classroom Environments That Support Formative Assessment	p. 8
Connecting Teaching and Learning	p. 10
Making the Shift to a Formative Assessment-Centered Classroom	p. 11
Integrating FACTs With Instruction and Learning	p. 15
Integrating Assessment and Instruction	p. 15
Assessment That Promotes Thinking and Learning	p. 16
Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning: The Science Assessment, Instruction, and Learning Cycle (SAIL Cycle)	p. 18
Stages in the SAIL Cycle	p. 20
Engagement and Readiness	p. 20
Eliciting Prior Knowledge	p. 20
Exploration and Discovery	p. 24
Concept and Skill Development	p. 25
Concept and Skill Transfer	p. 25
Self-Assessment and Reflection	p. 25
Selecting and Using FACTs to Strengthen the Link Between Assessment, Instruction, and Learning	p. 26
Considerations for Selecting, Implementing, and Using Data From FACTs	p. 31
Selecting FACTs	p. 31
Selecting FACTs to Match Learning Goals	p. 31
Selecting FACTs to Match Teaching Goals	p. 32
The Critical Importance of Classroom Context in Selecting FACTs	p. 34
Planning to Use and Implement FACTs	p. 35
Starting Off With Small Steps	p. 37
Maintaining and Extending Implementation	p. 38
Using Data From the FACTs	p. 40
Get the FACTs! 75 Science Formative Assessment Classroom Techniques (FACTs)	p. 45
A&D Statements	p. 48
Agreement Circles	p. 51
Annotated Student Drawings	p. 53
Card Sorts	p. 56
CCC-Collaborative Clued Corrections	p. 59
Chain Notes	p. 62
Commit and Toss	p. 65
Concept Card Mapping	p. 68
Concept Cartoons	p. 71
Data Match	p. 75
Directed Paraphrasing	p. 77
Explanation Analysis	p. 79
Fact First Questioning	p. 83
Familiar Phenomenon Probes	p. 85
First Word-Last Word	p. 88
Fishbowl Think Aloud	p. 91
Fist to Five	p. 93
Focused Listing	p. 95
Four Corners	p. 97
Frayer Model	p. 99
Friendly Talk Probes	p. 102
Give Me Five	p. 104
Guided Reciprocal Peer Questioning	p. 106
Human Scatterplots	p. 109
Informal Student Interviews	p. 111
Interest Scale	p. 115
I Think-We Think	p. 117
I Used to Think ... But Now I Know	p. 119
Juicy Questions	p. 121
Justified List	p. 123
Justified True or False Statements	p. 126
K-W-L Variations	p. 128
Learning Goals Inventory (LGI)	p. 131
Look Back	p. 133
Missed Conception	p. 135
Muddiest Point	p. 138
No-Hands Questioning	p. 140
Odd One Out	p. 142
Paint the Picture	p. 145
Partner Speaks	p. 147
Pass the Question	p. 149
A Picture Tells a Thousand Words	p. 151
P-E-O Probes (Predict, Explain, Observe)	p. 153
POMS-Point of Most Significance	p. 156
Popsicle Stick Questioning	p. 158
Prefacing Explanations	p. 159
PVF-Paired Verbal Fluency	p. 161
Question Generating	p. 163
Recognizing Exceptions	p. 165
Refutations	p. 167
Representation Analysis	p. 169
RERUN	p. 172
Scientists' Ideas Comparison	p. 173
Sequencing	p. 176
Sticky Bars	p. 178
STIP-Scientific Terminology Inventory Probe	p. 180
Student Evaluation of Learning Gains	p. 183
Synectics	p. 186
Ten-Two	p. 188
Thinking Log	p. 189
Think-Pair-Share	p. 192
Thought Experiments	p. 194
Three-Minute Pause	p. 195
Three-Two-One	p. 197
Traffic Light Cards	p. 199
Traffic Light Cups	p. 201
Traffic Light Dots	p. 203
Two-Minute Paper	p. 204
Two or Three Before Me	p. 206
Two Stars and a Wish	p. 207
Two-Thirds Testing	p. 209
Volleyball-Not Ping-Pong!	p. 211
Wait Time Variations	p. 213
What Are You Doing and Why?	p. 216
Whiteboarding	p. 218
Appendix	p. 222
References	p. 225
Index	p. 228
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