Practical Tasks
The book Practical Tasks, in the Assessing Science in the Primary Classroom series, concerns the assessment of children’s performance of practical investigations, complementing the assessment through Written tasks. The methods suggested combine observation of a child’s actions and discussion with the child to reveal the…
Written Tasks
The book Written Tasks, in the Assessing Science in the Primary Classroom series, describes the development and use of written tasks designed to assess process (enquiry) skills. All the tasks are related to a unifying theme (The walled garden) which teachers can present as a class project. Tasks are grouped into seven sections about…
Observing Activities
The book Observing Activities, from the Assessing Science in the Primary Classroom series, concerns the observation of children during science activities. An observation schedule was built from categories relating to ‘use of process skills’, ‘other talk’ and ‘non-talk’ behaviours of children and…