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Shirley, Melissa L.; Irving, Karen E. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2015
Formative assessment has been demonstrated to result in increased student achievement across a variety of educational contexts. When using formative assessment strategies, teachers engage students in instructional tasks that allow the teacher to uncover levels of student understanding so that the teacher may change instruction accordingly. Tools…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices, Educational Technology
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Wang, Chien-hsing; Ke, Yi-Ting; Wu, Jin-Tong; Hsu, Wen-Hua – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2012
This paper briefly reports the outcomes of an action research inquiry on the use of blogs, MS PowerPoint [PPT], and the Internet as learning tools with a science class of sixth graders for project-based learning. Multiple sources of data were essential to triangulate the key findings articulated in this paper. Corresponding to previous studies,…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Student Projects, Electronic Publishing, Action Research
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Feldman, Allan; Capobianco, Brenda M. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2008
This study examined the integration of technology enhanced formative assessment (FA) into teachers' practice. Participants were high school physics teachers interested in improving their use of a classroom response system (CRS) to promote FA. Data were collected using interviews, direct classroom observations, and collaborative discussions. The…
Descriptors: Action Research, Formative Evaluation, Physics, Educational Technology