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Elements Of Proximal Formative Assessment In Learners’ Discourse About Energy, Benedikt W. Harrer, Rachel E. Scherr, Michael C. Wittmann, Hunter G. Close, Brian W. Frank
Elements Of Proximal Formative Assessment In Learners’ Discourse About Energy, Benedikt W. Harrer, Rachel E. Scherr, Michael C. Wittmann, Hunter G. Close, Brian W. Frank
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Proximal formative assessment, the just-in-time elicitation of students' ideas that informs ongoing instruction, is usually associated with the instructor in a formal classroom setting. However, the elicitation, assessment, and subsequent instruction that characterize proximal formative assessment are also seen in discourse among peers. We present a case in which secondary teachers in a professional development course at SPU are discussing energy flow in refrigerators. In this episode, a peer is invited to share her thinking (elicitation). Her idea that refrigerators move heat from a relatively cold compartment to a hotter environment is inappropriately judged as incorrect (assessment). The "instruction" (peer …
Campus Biomass: It's A Good Thing!, Sherry S. Herron, Shelia A. Brown
Campus Biomass: It's A Good Thing!, Sherry S. Herron, Shelia A. Brown
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Report And Reflections From Year One Of The Nsf Gk- 12 Program At Usm, Sherry S. Herron, Hanna J, Wingo K
Report And Reflections From Year One Of The Nsf Gk- 12 Program At Usm, Sherry S. Herron, Hanna J, Wingo K
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