Support Materials
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Workshop 8: Assessment
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The work of these teachers will be featured in Workshop 8:
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| Name: |
Jean Huff
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| Experience: |
19 years
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| Grade & Subjects: |
Grade 3; all subjects
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| Demographics: |
Elementary school in a suburban city
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| Classroom: |
22 students; 15% special needs; 10% ESL
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| Science Teaching: |
Three times per week; approximately 120
minutes total
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| Curriculum: |
Specified by district
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| Other: |
Master's degree in elementary education
Teaches in an "open" school |
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| Name: |
Tom Banaszewski
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| Experience: |
First-year teacher
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| Grade & Subjects: |
Grade 5; all subjects
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| Demographics: |
Suburban school in affluent town
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| Classroom: |
26 students; 10% special needs
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| Science Teaching: |
50-minute sessions; twice per week
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| Curriculum: |
Life, physical, and earth sciences; specified
by district
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| Other: |
Shares teaching responsibilities with Andy,
another first-year teacher, who was initially brought into the classroom
to assist with special needs students |
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| Name: |
Jeff Slomski
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| Experience: |
Student teacher; Cooperating teacher, Bernie
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| Grade & Subjects: |
Grade 6; Science and Mathematics
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| Demographics: |
Middle school in a suburban town
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| Classroom: |
2 classes; 55 students total; multi-ethnic
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| Science Teaching: |
Daily sessions, six week internship
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| Curriculum: |
Specified by district
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| Other: |
Holds undergraduate degree in Business
Will hold Master's degree in Education with elementary and middle
grades certification |
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| Name: |
Dotty Herd
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| Experience: |
23 years
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| Grade & Subjects: |
Grade 6 and several Grade 7 students; all
subjects
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| Demographics: |
K-8 school in a rural district
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| Classroom: |
25 students, varied economic background
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| Science Teaching: |
Approximately 5 hours per week
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| Curriculum: |
Currently from the Tennessee Valley Project;
previously built around objectives for state standardized test
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| Name: |
Pat Coleman
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| Experience: |
21 years
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| Grade & Subjects: |
Grade 8; Life Science and Social Studies
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| Demographics: |
Middle school in a suburban town
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| Classroom: |
48 students; 20% special needs
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| Science Teaching: |
Two classes, 40-minute periods, five times
per week
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| Curriculum: |
School is moving toward an integrated science
("spiraled") curriculum; specified by district
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| Other: |
8th-grade team leader
Shares classrooms with other teachers; does not have his own classroom |
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Questions to ponder before and after workshop 8:
Much change has taken place in the area of assessment of childrens'
learning. Think about the different forms of assessment you use in teaching
science.
1. What do you consider effective forms of assessment ?
2. What are the characteristics of an effective tool of assessment?
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