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Peer reviewedHodson, Derek – Science and Education, 1992
Argues that a skills-based approach for the assessment of laboratory work is philosophically unsound, educationally worthless, and pedagogically dangerous. Proposes an alternative, holistic approach to assessment, based on a more valid model of scientific practice. (Contains 38 references.) (MDH)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Holistic Evaluation
