Elizabeth Hammerman

Challenge and expand students' abilities with multidimensional performance tasks! In this invaluable resource, science educators Elizabeth Hammerman and Diann Musial define a new vision for integrating science, mathematics, and language arts with instruction and assessment and encourage teachers to develop reliable processes for assessing both their teaching practice and student learning. This revised edition offers more than 20 performance assessments that promote student engagement. Each clearly articulated task correlates with current research and focuses on learning indicators linked to state and national standards. The assessments also model inquiry-based science in ways proven to increase student achievement, allowing learners to demonstrate their understanding of embedded concepts through exploration, inquiry, and application. Teachers can follow detailed guidelines to develop customized assessments or use the assessments already included to evaluate learners': ? Understanding of content and processes ? Development of complex thinking skills ? Aptitude for science ? Ability to make real-world connections Featuring learning logs, portfolios, peer interview strategies, and sample teacher-student interviews, Integrating Science With Mathematics and Literacy, Second Edition, helps educators obtain accurate performance data while giving students opportunities to examine the world in exciting ways.

This user-friendly resource defines formative assessment and provides strategies for embedding formative assessment into the K-8 science curriculum. Based on the IDEA approach: Introduce, Discuss, Elaborate, and Apply this research-based book guides readers through discussions, 'thought and reflection' activities, analyses of assessment techniques, and applications to classroom practice. Formative Assessment Strategies for Enhanced Learning in Science, K-8 demonstrates how teachers can use various models of formative assessments to instruct, monitor student progress, and evaluate learning, helping to broaden teachers' understanding of assessment and how assessment tools can be used to guide successful standards-based teaching and learning in science. To support teachers' application of formative assessments in the classroom, the author covers: "a framework for planning and implementing high quality instruction and formative assessments "planning guides with examples and suggestions for differentiating instruction "rubrics as a means of discovering student strengths and weaknesses "additional specific tools for collecting student data to inform instructional decisions

"This book addresses a real area of need and contains an abundant set of strategies."—Susan Koba, Educational Consultant"This is an excellent sourcebook for science teachers who are looking for strategies to engage diverse learners."—Phyllis Milne, Associate Director of School AdministrationYork County School Division, Yorktown, VAHelp all your students "do" science confidently and successfully! Preparing students to understand and adapt to the rapid pace of scientific and technological changes is an important educational priority. Using proven strategies for differentiating instruction, authors Gayle H. Gregory and Elizabeth Hammerman provide a blueprint for strengthening science instruction and accommodating students' individual learning styles. This educator-friendly resource is aligned with national science curriculum standards and includes:Grade-appropriate sample lessons and strategies for inquiry-based, problem-based, and cooperative learningGuidelines for creating performance tasks that have real-world applicationsMethods for using data-based assessment before, during, and after learningA collection of templates, planners, checklists, and graphic organizersA CD-ROM with reproducibles for classroom instructionRich in content and tools, Differential Instructional Strategies for Science, Grades K–8 is the perfect resource to help elementary and middle school students become more creative and engaged thinkers and inquirers.