Assessment Strategies in Science Subject

1. ASSESSING SCIENCE
LEARNING OUTCOMES
PRESENTED BY:
MS. WISH DE CASTRO

2. Assessment?

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Identify
Student
Learning
Outcomes

5. Identify Student
Learning
Outcomes
Learn who your students are.
Be one with your craft.
Create a goal.

6. Identify
Student
Learning
Outcomes
Methods of
Assessment
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7. • Remember, you don’t have to assesseverything at once. Do not feel
pressured by it.
• The assessment tool you chose can be used to assessmore thanone
learning outcome.
• The most important foundation in considering assessment tools is the
Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Tips In Choosing Assessment Tools

8. D i r e c t M e t h o d s
• This deals with actual evidences of student work
(tangible and intangible)
• Direct interaction with the student work
product/performance
• Demonstration of skills

9. I N D I R E C T
Despite of a product/outcome,
the student reflects their
learning rather than
demonstration.

10. I N D I R E C T
“The assessment is based on an
analysis of reported perceptions
about student mastery of learning
outcomes.” (Allen, 2008)

11. I N D I R E C T
This method of assessment is focused
on perception.

12. Bloom’s Taxonomy
Bloom’s Taxonomy provides a classification of levels of intellectual behavior. These
levels represent the Cognitive Domain.
Upper/Higher
Cognitive Levels
Lower Cognitive
Levels

13. Identify
Student
Learning
Outcomes
Methods of
Assessment
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14. Identify
Student
Learning
Outcomes
Methods of
Assessment
Assess
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15. How to Incorporate Science
into Assessment of Learning
Outcomes
RESEARCH!

16. • We are in the
technological age as of
today. Science had
somewhat evolved to
technology and not into
discovery.

17. •The life blood of
assessment is our students’
output.

18. •A science teacher is
inclined to become at the
top of the game.

19. • Formative
• This is the prior assessment where student understanding is given
allotment in order for adjustments to be done.
• Summative
• This sums ups the outcome that we all need to assess regarding a
student’s learning and the effectiveness of the teacher.
Types of Assessment

20. Tool Method Domain Usage Type Bloom’s Level
Essay Formative,
Summative
Portfolio Cognitive,
Psychomotor
Variable
Survey

21. Tool Method Domain Usage Type Bloom’s Level
Essay Direct Cognitive,
Affective
Formative,
Summative
All levels
Portfolio Direct Cognitive,
Psychomotor
Summative Variable
Survey Indirect All Summative Comprehension,
Application,
Analysis, Synthesis,
Evaluation

22. One method on how to
assess your students
is…

23. What is a rubric?
• A scoring guide composed of the things
you are looking for guidelines for evaluating
each of those things (Suskie)
• A kind of scorecard that breaks down a
written or demonstrated assignment into
manageable, observable pieces. (UVA)

25. Creating Wildfire from Game of
Thrones

26. Creating Green Flame
How would you assess
this experiment?

27. Creating Green Flame
UNACCEPTABLE PARTIALLY ACCEPTABLE FULLY ACCEPTABLE
1 2 3
(BEHAVIOR)
(OUTPUT)
(PROCESS)
The students’ had no
safety lab accessories
on.
The students had only half of their
group with safety lab accessories
worn.
The students had all lab
safety accessories worn.

28. Identify
Student
Learning
Outcomes
Methods of
Assessment
Assess
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Use
Results

29. Purpose of Student
Learning Outcomes
• Can serve as a basis for program improvement
• Can shape curriculum, how courses are designed, and how
courses are delivered by instructors
• Communicate purpose to students and parents
• Can be used as promotional materials and advising
material
• Assist in accreditation (Wuest & Garza, 2006)