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= How to look at assessments in science =

= How to look at assessments in science =

Teaching learning and assessment go hand in hand.  How to assess, what methods to be used for assessment and why assess at all are dependent on the context of the teaching learning process and how the teacher and learners are situated.  Subseqent to the revision of the Karnataka textbooks for science, there has been a lot of discussion on how to tranasact using the new textbook and how to assess for learning. The department has further made it compulsory to have Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) for classes 8 and 9.  Teachers and been debating about constructive teaching - learning practices and how to practice CCE. <br>

Teaching learning and assessment go hand in hand.  How to assess, what methods to be used for assessment and why assess at all are dependent on the context of the teaching learning process and how the teacher and learners are situated.  Subseqent to the revision of the Karnataka textbooks for science, there has been a lot of discussion on how to tranasact using the new textbook and how to assess for learning. The department has further made it compulsory to have Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) for classes 8 and 9.  Teachers and been debating about constructive teaching - learning practices and how to practice CCE. <br>

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The discussion was structured along 4 strands:

The discussion was structured along 4 strands:

# What are the objectives of science teaching?

# What are the objectives of science teaching?

# Structuring a model lesson with ideas of assessment

# Structuring a model lesson with ideas of assessment

== Why assess? ==

== Why assess? ==

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The first question is of course to understand why we need to assess.  Assessments are needed for us to understand the child and the learning processes and progress of the child as well as a group of children. Assessments help the teacher in evaluating the teaching learning processes and allow for changes.  In addition, assessments also help in tracking and reporting on the progress of the learner.

The first question is of course to understand why we need to assess.  Assessments are needed for us to understand the child and the learning processes and progress of the child as well as a group of children. Assessments help the teacher in evaluating the teaching learning processes and allow for changes.  In addition, assessments also help in tracking and reporting on the progress of the learner.

==Objectives of Science Teaching ==

==Objectives of Science Teaching ==

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Science as we have come to understand in school largely relates to the facts and explanations of everyday life. In addition to this, there is a need to examine what constitutes science as a process, the discipline of doing science. Besides, science also is a social enterprise and science teaching must reflect this as well.  So the objectives of science teaching in school can be classified broadly into three strands - (i) that of knowing about science, (ii) the process of doing science and (iii) the social aspects of science as a discipline.  These strands are all related to each other.  

Science as we have come to understand in school largely relates to the facts and explanations of everyday life. In addition to this, there is a need to examine what constitutes science as a process, the discipline of doing science. Besides, science also is a social enterprise and science teaching must reflect this as well.   

 

So the objectives of science teaching in school can be classified broadly into three strands -  

# that of knowing about science,  

# the process of doing science and  

# the social aspects of science as a discipline.  These strands are all related to each other.  

To be able to achieve these, science teaching in schools must allow students and build skills in students for them to be able to  

To be able to achieve these, science teaching in schools must allow students and build skills in students for them to be able to  

#observe and understand phenomena and explain and propose solutions

#observe and understand phenomena and explain and propose solutions

==Methods of assessment in science==

==Methods of assessment in science==

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In addition to the chalk and talk, several activities and projects can be taken up for science teaching learning.  Some of these processes are summarized in the table below.

In addition to the chalk and talk, several activities and projects can be taken up for science teaching learning.  Some of these processes are summarized in the table below.

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|Student presentations, debates and discussions

|Student presentations, debates and discussions

|Conceptual understanding, data collection, presentation, written and oral skills, expression using appropriate vocabulary, comparison, confidence, peer review process, process of handling differences and opinions

|Conceptual understanding, data collection, presentation, written and oral skills, expression using appropriate vocabulary, comparison, confidence, peer review process, process of handling differences and opinions

==Demonstration using a topic==

==Demonstration using a topic==

What are the learning outcomes we expect when teaching light?

What are the learning outcomes we expect when teaching light?

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