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- Weight: 0.60kg
- ISBN: 9780137002337
Description
For students taking assessment courses in the educational psychology or tests and measurement departments.
Written with energy and wit, this reader-friendly text discusses practical ways in which teachers can use well-written tests to improve their effectiveness in the classroom.
Exploring a wide range of classroom assessments as well as how these assessments can benefit student learning, the thoroughly revised sixth edition of Classroom Assessment retains its humorous tone and unique practice exercises while adding new research, new material, and new features. This edition covers both contemporary classroom assessment issues, including No Child Left Behind, instructor accountability, and formative assessments, while also covering traditional assessment topics such as assessment validity and assessment reliability.
Three new chapters include fresh and expanded material on formative assessments, the evaluation of instruction, and properly grading assessments. In addition, a new section at the end of the book provides students with critical thinking exercises that involve real-world assessment issues and that cover central topics from each chapter. Another new feature teaches readers how to best communicate with parents about assessments and assessment results.
Features
- End-of-chapter features that help readers process, analyze, and retain what they have just learned include a chapter summary, a set of self-check exercises, “Ponder Time” questions, and additional resources both at the library and on the web.
- “But What Does This Have to Do with Teaching?” features located in each chapter help readers to understand the instructional, real-world implications of the chapter's content and well-designed classroom tests.
- “Decision Time” features located in every chapter provide readers with a description of a fictitious classroom teacher who must make a decision related to one or more of the topics treated in the chapter.
- A reader-friendly, conversational tone filled with wit, energy, and levity makes learning about classroom assessment more fun and engaging for both students and instructors.