Deck 5: Assessment of Understanding and Inquiry

Question 1

A teacher who provides scores of 1, 2, 3, or 4 for defined criteria related to a student's performance has used which of the following assessment strategies?

A) A rubric
B) A quiz
C) An anecdotal record
D) An affective development checklist

Answer 1

A rubric

Question 2

Which of the following is considered to be an example of a traditional assessment technique?

A) A rubric
B) A quiz
C) An anecdotal record
D) An affective development checklist

Answer 2

A quiz

Question 3

Which of the following was suggested in this chapter as being a use for the "concept mapping" assessment technique?

A) As a tool for psychomotor assessment
B) As an alternative for district assessment
C) As a tool for assessing self-learning
D) As an alternative to the use of sociograms

Answer 3

As a tool for assessing self-learning

Question 4

For which of the following assessment techniques is the use of a rubric necessary to serve as a guide to evaluate student understanding and achievement?

A) A science notebook
B) A standardized test
C) A multiple choice quiz
D) An affective development checklist

Question 5

A teacher who is interested in obtaining a snapshot of a student's recall of information would most likely use which of the following assessment strategies?

A) A portfolio
B) A science notebook
C) A quiz
D) A conference

Question 6

According to the authors, the quickest and possibly most reliable way to find out if students in a discovery-oriented classroom are learning is to assess them using which of the following techniques?

A) A portfolio
B) A science notebook
C) A quiz
D) A conference

Question 7

By definition, probes include a simple question that seeks which of the following?

A) A one-part answer
B) An essay-type answer
C) A two-part answer
D) An answer decided upon by a cooperative group

Question 8

Formative assessment techniques can be best described by which of the following statements?

A) Occurs at the end of the unit
B) Occurs during the teaching of the unit
C) Used for purposes of placement into learning groups
D) Used for purposes of judging performance against standards

Question 9

According to the authors, the use of end-of-chapter homework as an assessment strategy accomplishes which of the following?

A) Informing the teacher if students like science
B) Revealing student understanding of information at higher levels
C) Piquing student interest in wanting to learn more about the topic
D) Informing students that the teacher is serious about the content being taught

Question 10

According to the authors, answer keys are most helpful in accomplishing which of the following?

A) Helping a teacher assess process rather than factual content
B) Revealing student knowledge when clearly defined answers are required
C) Supplying a structured technique for evaluating open-ended assignments
D) Providing a guide for a teacher to evaluate less structured student responses

Question 11

Use the information in this chapter as well as personal classroom experience to develop an affective development checklist that contains no more than five items. The checklist should meet the following two criteria:
A. It covers the most important indicators of a child's affective development with respect to science and technology.
B. It is sufficiently practical and easy to use that a teacher could reasonably observe and record information on five children a day.

Question 12

Prepare one short paragraph that points out at least two things that are accomplished and two things that are not accomplished by using the end-of-chapter homework assessment technique.

Question 13

Prepare one short paragraph that points out at least two things that are accomplished and two things that are not accomplished by using quizzes as an assessment technique.

Question 14

Prepare one short paragraph that points out at least two things that are accomplished and two things that are not accomplished by using activity write-ups as an assessment technique.

Question 15

Prepare one short paragraph that points out at least two things that are accomplished and two things that are not accomplished by using standardized tests as an assessment technique.

Question 16

Prepare one short paragraph that points out two major strengths and two possible weaknesses associated with employing portfolios as an assessment technique.

Question 17

Prepare one short paragraph that points out two major strengths and two possible weaknesses associated with employing science conferences as an assessment technique.

Question 18

Prepare one short paragraph that points out two major strengths and two possible weaknesses associated with employing science notebooks as an assessment technique.

Question 19

Prepare one short paragraph that points out two major strengths and two possible weaknesses associated with employing children's self-assessment as an assessment technique.

Question 20

It has been suggested that concept mapping, which a teacher typically uses as an assessment technique, could also be used by a teacher as a personal unit-planning tool. Choose a relevant science topic on which you will most probably teach a unit, and develop a concept map as a planning tool related to this unit.