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Klappentext This companion volume to "Teaching Science for Understanding" exploes how to assess whether scientific learning has taken place. It discusses a range of practical tools for assessment! including concept maps! Venn diagrams! clinical interviews! problems sets and performance-based assessment. Zusammenfassung This companion volume to "Teaching Science for Understanding" exploes how to assess whether scientific learning has taken place. It discusses a range of practical tools for assessment! including concept maps! Venn diagrams! clinical interviews! problems sets and performance-based assessment. Inhaltsverzeichnis J. Mintzes and J.H. Wandersee! Learning! Teaching! and Assessment: A Human Constructivist Perspective. K.M. Edmondson! Assessing Science Understanding Through Concept Maps. J.J. Mintzes and J.D. Novak! Assessing Science Understanding: The Epistemological V Diagram. S.A. Southerland! M.U. Smith! and C.L. Cummins! "What Do You Mean by That?": Using Structured Interviews to Assess Science Understanding. K. Hogan and J. Fisherkeller! Dialogue as Data: Assessing Students' Scientific Reasoning with Interactive Protocols. J.H. Wandersee! Designing an Image-Based Biology Test. E. Trowbridge and J.H. Wandersee! Observation Rubrics in Science Assessment. M.R. Vitale and N.R. Romance! Portfolios in Science Assessment: A Knowledge-Based Model for Classroom Practice. K.M. Fisher! SemNetR Software as an Assessment Tool. A.B. Champagne and V.L. Kouba! Writing to Inquire: Written Products as Performance Measures. P.M. Sadler! The Relevance of Multiple-Choice Testing in Assessing Science Understanding. P. Tamir! National and International Assessment. R.J. Shavelson and M.A. Ruiz-Primo! On the Psychometrics of Assessing Science Understanding. R.G. Good! Cautionary Notes on Assessment of Understanding Science Concepts and Nature of Science. J.J. Mintzes! J.H. Wandersee! and J.D. Novak! Epilogue: On Ways of Assessing Science Understanding. Subject Index. ...