- 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.
Prof Double R
In this scenario, you have a teenage cousin who complains to you about their classmates, saying, “They all think and act the same way. No one has any originality. They are all sheep!” As you are learning, there are various social, cultural, and ideological factors that lead us to conform