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To describe the assessment conversation instructional strategy and examine its implementation challenges within middle school science education reform.

January 1, 1997Educational Assessment

Strategies and Challenges to Changing the Focus of Assessment and Instruction in Science Classrooms

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RDRichard A. DuschlRutgers, The State University of New Jersey DGDrew H. GitomerRutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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Curriculum evaluation demonstrates the utility and challenges of assessment conversations in middle school science classrooms, suggesting formative dialogue fosters conceptual reasoning.

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To describe the assessment conversation instructional strategy and examine its implementation challenges within middle school science education reform.
Evaluated pedagogical practices and classroom dialogue within the Science Education through Portfolio Instruction and Assessment (SEPIA) middle school science reform project.
Analyzed how teachers elicit, interpret, and leverage diverse student understanding during ongoing classroom instruction to support conceptual learning.
Demonstrates that assessment conversations allow teachers to elicit diverse student reasoning and use it as an instructional foundation for conceptual goals.
Identifies substantial systemic and pedagogical challenges to embedding continuous, dialogue-based formative assessment into standard classroom practices.

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Duschl et al. (1997) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0feddf9e54838161fd6ac2 https://doi.org/10.1207/s15326977ea0401_2

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Curriculum evaluation demonstrates the utility and challenges of assessment conversations in middle school science classrooms, suggesting formative dialogue fosters conceptual reasoning.

Strategies and Challenges to Changing the Focus of Assessment and Instruction in Science Classrooms

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Strategies and Challenges to Changing the Focus of Assessment and Instruction in Science Classrooms

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