Assessment & Inquiry Assessment & Inquiry

Talking Talking Teaching TeachingAny more thanAny more than

Listening Listening Learning Learning

Testing ≠ AssessmentTesting ≠ Assessment

What are the goals?What are the goals?What are the differences?What are the differences?

Testing of vocabulary is easyTesting of vocabulary is easyAssessing conceptual understanding is more Assessing conceptual understanding is more

difficult.difficult.

Testing ≠ AssessmentTesting ≠ Assessment

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO REALLY WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO REALLY UNDERSTAND A CONCEPT?UNDERSTAND A CONCEPT?

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO REALLY WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO REALLY UNDERSTAND A CONCEPT?UNDERSTAND A CONCEPT?

The student needs to be able to:The student needs to be able to:

·· State itState it·· Explain it explicitlyExplain it explicitly·· Apply it appropriatelyApply it appropriately·· Reason with it Reason with it ·· Generalize with itGeneralize with it·· Integrate it with related conceptsIntegrate it with related concepts

What would you want your What would you want your students to know or be able to students to know or be able to

do as a result of completing the do as a result of completing the Galilean Moons Activity?Galilean Moons Activity?

What would you want your What would you want your students to know or be able to students to know or be able to

do as a result of completing the do as a result of completing the Galilean Moons Activity?Galilean Moons Activity?

Talk with a partner to identify goals for the GM activity.

Share your goals for the GM Share your goals for the GM activityactivity

Traditional TestingTraditional Testing

True/FalseTrue/FalseMultiple ChoiceMultiple ChoiceFill in the blank/short answerFill in the blank/short answerMatchingMatchingEssayEssay

Authentic AssessmentAuthentic Assessment

Demonstration of understandingDemonstration of understandingPresentation of findingsPresentation of findingsQuestions for further studyQuestions for further studyMethods and interpretation of analysisMethods and interpretation of analysis

Common authentic assessmentsCommon authentic assessmentsPoems, posters or drawings, etc.Poems, posters or drawings, etc.

Are there others?Are there others?

How do you reliably assess How do you reliably assess these assessmentsthese assessments

Establish assessment criteriaEstablish assessment criteriaDetermine expert explanationsDetermine expert explanations

Compare to student workCompare to student workAuthentic assessment toolsAuthentic assessment tools

RubistarRubistarhttp://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.phphttp://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

Field Tested Learning Assessment GuideField Tested Learning Assessment Guidehttp://www.flaguide/orghttp://www.flaguide/orgFlaguide Flaguide summary slidesummary slide

Assessment PracticeAssessment Practice

Develop an authentic assessment that you Develop an authentic assessment that you could use for student teachers’ Galileo could use for student teachers’ Galileo Moons ActivityMoons Activity

Share your ideasShare your ideas

Sharing of ideasSharing of ideas

Sharing student teachers’ Sharing student teachers’ samplessamples

Hard copies from Debra StorkHard copies from Debra Stork

www.flaguide.orgwww.flaguide.org• • Multiple-Choice Tests Multiple-Choice Tests · Mathematical · Mathematical

ThinkingThinking·· TPS TPS ConcepTestsConcepTests · Attitude Survey · Attitude Survey ·· Concept Mapping Concept Mapping · Portfolios· Portfolios·· Conceptual Diagnostic TestsConceptual Diagnostic Tests·· InterviewsInterviews · Student · Student

Assessment of Assessment of · Scoring Rubrics · Scoring Rubrics Learning Gains Learning Gains

(SALG)(SALG)

An Assessment Primer for Introductory Astronomy. Astronomy Education Review, 1(1), 1-24, 2002. G. Brissenden, T.F. Slater, and R. Matheiu.

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