Comparing Apples and Oranges : Using the National Science Education Standards as a Tool When Assessing Scientific Understandings / Valerie L. Talsma and Joseph S. Krajcik.

The National Science Education Standards (NRC 1996) present a vision where students are active learners who use inquiry and who create products to represent their emergent understandings. However, educators may find it challenging both to assess student achievement and to communicate students achiev...

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Main Authors: Talsma, Valerie L.
Krajcik, Joseph S. (Author)
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2002.
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Physical Description:32 pages
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