Developing Formative Assessment in STEM Classrooms

Download or read book Developing Formative Assessment in STEM Classrooms written by Michel Grangeat and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-03 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing Formative Assessment in STEM Classrooms This book, drawn from the practical experience of the European Assess Inquiry in Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (ASSIST-ME) project, aims to support researchers, teacher educators and teachers in navigating the complex nature of formative assessment. It delves into how formative assessment methods may adapt different features within STEM classroom practices and how formative and summative assessment could be coordinated. The book illustrates how ideas about inquiry and assessment are played out in the classroom, revealing both how the pedagogical approach fits with the assessment choices made and the support that teachers need, to engage with these changes. It informs and presents some of the challenges related to the uptake and development of inquiry learning in STEM classrooms. The chapters in this volume address three questions: Taken together, they explore how national educational systems can foster and build the systemic support measures and tools that teachers need to integrate into their classroom practices that fit alongside or within their summative assessment practices. The chapters included in this book were originally published in the International Journal of Science Education.