<p>Learn the ABCs of working with contemporary tools that will help you integrate technology-based inquiry into your classroom practices. Activities featured in this new compendium, a collection of 26 articles published in Science Scope, NSTA's member journal for middle school teachers, will show you how. Technology-Based Inquiry offers fresh approaches that you and your students can use to explore physical science, Earth and space science, life science, and more. It covers the necessary skills to get hands-on experience with graphing calculators, calculator- based labs (CBLs), personal digital assistants (PDAs), global positioning systems (GPSs), graphical information systems (GISs), and other emerging technologies. Each chapter provides a list of online resources, including where to purchase the devices, where to download programs (often at no cost), and where students can go to conduct further research. And there’s an important bonus feature: Because technology changes so quickly, Editor Edwin Christmann has developed a related website with updated chapter reviews, outlines, sample test questions, and activities. It even includes a PowerPoint presentation you can download as a supplement for teaching the text. But never fear--you won't need a PhD in IT to use this book. The articles are written in a non-threatening style and translate technology-based instructional processes into simple classroom applications. The practical tone makes this collection beneficial to inservice science teachers as well as pre-professionals taking methods courses. Technology-Based Inquiry will give you the confidence that comes with deeper understanding of how to use the latest technology to increase science learning.</p>

Technology-Based Inquiry for Middle School: An NSTA Press Journals Collection

Education & Teaching

Edwin P. Christmann

Schools & Teaching

Natl Science Teachers Assn

<p>Are you properly evaluating the results of the tests you give to students? Can you explain the difference between classroom assessment and standardized assessment? Are you on solid ground with your grading system? Demystify and even use statistics to answer these important questions and more in this clear, easy-to-use text for preservice and classroom science teachers and methods professors. The text s practical approach helps teachers understand how to interpret student assessments statistically and how to measure and explain the validity and reliability of those assessments. Included are a global history of testing to its present state and valuable instructions for using graphing calculators for easy computing. The nonthreatening framework for measuring and interpreting assessment results is a must for your professional development library.</p>

Interpreting Assessment Data: Statistical Techniques You Can Use (#PB229X)

John L. Badgett

NSTA Press

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