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Springer Formative Assessment And Science Education 2001 Edition by Nigel Bell B. Cowie
This work documents the findings of a research project which investigated the ways in which teachers and students used formative assessment to improve the teaching and learning of science in some New Zealand classrooms. It will be of interest to graduate students and researchers as well as teacher educators curriculum developers and assessment specialists. Table of contents : Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. A review of the relevant literature. 3. A case study of formative assessment. 4. The characteristics of formative assessment. 5. A model of formative assessment. 6. Cameos of formative assessment. 7. Learning and formative assessment. 8. Doing formative assessment. Appendix. References. Index. Figures. Table.