Exploring Teachers Informal Formative Assessment Practices and Students

Exploring Teachers’ Informal Formative Assessment Practices and Students’ Understanding in the Context of Scientific Inquiry Source: Journal Of Research In Science Teaching Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 57– 84 (2007) Author: Maria Araceli Ruiz-Primo, Erin Marie Furtak Speaker: Cheng-Yi Li Date: 2009/02/06 1

Introduction (1 of 6) o Formative assessment n n An assessment for learning, not for grading It can improve student’s learning performance 2

Introduction (2 of 6) o There are two kind of formative assessment n Formal formative assessment is held at planned time by teacher o n Like group discussion in class Informal formative assessment take place in any student-teacher interaction o Like classroom talk 3

Introduction (3 of 6) 4

Introduction (4 of 6) o This paper focus on the latter type of formative assessment 5

Introduction (5 of 6) o Assessment conversations help student develop: n Epistemic frameworks o n Conceptual structures o n for developing and evaluating scientific reasoning scientifically Social processes o focus on how knowledge is communicated, represented, and argued. 6

Introduction (6 of 6) Eliciting Strategies for each dimension 7

Environment setting o The data is obtained from a large project called FAST (Foundational Approaches to Science Teaching) n o And select first unit titled ‘‘Properties of Matter” as the test subject. Select 3 teachers from 12 participated teachers. 8

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The Experiment (1 of 3) o Procedure Instruction Coding Exam 10

The Experiment (2 of 3) o Instruction n Place the digital camera, record their interaction and conversation 11

The Experiment (3 of 3) o Coding Identify the assessment conversation Coding 12

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Result (1 of 2) 14

Result (2 of 2) 15