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Direct linkMcKenna, Jason – Solution Tree, 2023
Author and educator Jason McKenna describes how teaching STEM education in his elementary school changed his classroom and his life, improving his students' and his own approaches to problem solving, collaboration, and general motivation to learn. Offering examples, tried and tested classroom projects, and collaborative strategies, this innovative…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Problem Solving, Vignettes, Kindergarten
Debs, Luciana; Kelley, Todd – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2015
Teaching design to middle and high school students can be challenging. One of the first procedures in teaching design is to help students gather information that will be useful in the design phase. An early stage of engineering design as described by Lewis (2005), calls for the designer to establish the state of the art of the problem. During this…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Horticulture, Engineering Education, Naturalistic Observation
Download full textGeorge Lucas Educational Foundation, 2011
This classroom guide is intended to inspire and expand teachers' thinking about effective assessment in project-based learning (PBL). The tips listed in this guide are organized to follow the arc of a project. First comes planning, then the launch into active learning, and then a culminating presentation. Reflection is the final stage, and it's…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Active Learning, Internet, Feedback (Response)
Bezerra, Rui M. F.; Dias, Albino A. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2007
Students of biochemistry and related biosciences are urged to solve problems where kinetic parameters are calculated from initial rates obtained at different substrate concentrations. Troubles begin when they go to the laboratory to perform kinetic experiments and realize that usual laboratory instruments do not measure initial rates but only…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Science Laboratories, Biochemistry, Reaction Time
Caldwell, JoAnne Schudt – Guilford Publications, 2008
How can busy teachers successfully manage the complex task of assessing their students' reading comprehension? This invaluable book--the first stand-alone guide on the topic--presents reliable, research-supported guidelines and procedures for K-6 teachers to use in the classroom. Through practical tips and realistic examples, the book demonstrates…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Standardized Tests, Grading, Guidelines
Waterman, Sheryn Spencer – Eye on Education, 2010
For middle and high school teachers of social studies and English, this book is filled with examples of instructional strategies that address students' readiness levels, interests, and learning preferences. It shows teachers how to formatively assess their students by addressing differentiated learning targets. Included are detailed examples of…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Secondary School Teachers
Curtain, Jude – Clearing, 1996
Offers a progressive series of eight lessons designed to guide students in generating questions, creating investigations, and finding answers. (AIM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Investigations, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewedEvered, Lisa; Uy, Frederick L. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1999
Provides information for constructing two-dimensional performance graphs for students to assess their competencies and to diagnose difficulties in the important area of problem solving. (ASK)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Graphs, Mathematics Instruction, Middle Schools
Kulm, Gerald – 1994
This book is written to help teachers develop plans and ideas for implementing innovative approaches to assessment in their mathematics classes. Chapter titles are: (1) "Purposes and Goals of Assessment," (2) "Assessment and Mathematics Teaching," (3) "Procedural and Conceptual Knowledge," (4) "Problem Solving…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Bryant, Deborah; Driscoll, Mark – 1998
Increased attention has been given to issues of assessment in recent years. Teachers of mathematics have been working to change both the way they elicit evidence of their students' mathematical thinking and the way they use that evidence to monitor students' progress and guide instructional decision making. This publication is based on work done…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Jansen, Barbara A. – Big6 Newsletter, 1997
Explains how to teach students to select information from sources without copying sentences verbatim. This use of information is related to one step in the Big6 information problem-solving process, a high-level task that requires students to evaluate content in relation to a topic or question. (LRW)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Information Literacy, Information Skills
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. Dept. of Public Instruction. – 2000
The purpose of the Idaho Direct Mathematics Assessment (DMA) is to measure Idaho students' mathematical problem-solving skills, including their ability to apply basic skills to problem-solving situations as stated in the Idaho Achievement Standards document. Problem solving is valued as an essential tool for success in a complex, modern world. The…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Mathematics Achievement
Peer reviewedRoss, John A.; Maynes, Florence J. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1983
Instructional design strategy for improving problem solving is presented. The strategy entails selecting an appropriate domain of problem-solving tasks, learning hierarchies, teaching methods and assembling of learning materials, and designing teacher training and evaluation. Obstacles to be overcome and directions for future research are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Instructional Design
Peer reviewedMartinez, Joseph G. R. – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2001
Describes a three-step process--exploring, inventing, and discovering--that helps students derive concepts actively from problem solving. (YDS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evaluation Methods, Lesson Plans, Mathematics Activities
Boeschen, John – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1991
Describes electronic clustering, an evaluation strategy that graphically reveals students' higher level thinking skills. (MG)
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Evaluation Methods
