- Share your understanding of how the advent of the Next Generation Science Standards has changed the way science teachers view assessment. How do the three dimensions of science practices, core ideas and crosscutting concepts require teachers to go beyond traditional assessments that measure particular content or facts that students should learn at a specific grade level. What is the nature of the “new” vision of assessment?
- Explain why authentic assessments should be used in science classrooms. Discuss one authentic assessment you could use to assess student understanding of a life science concept.
Intentional Teacher Interview
In the first unit of the course, we discussed what it means to be an intentional teacher and some of the qualities that intentional teachers possess. Throughout the course, we have tied all of the theories and course topics to the practice of intentional teaching. For this course project, you