Designing Elementary Instruction and Assessment
Using the Cognitive Domain
- John L. Badgett - Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
- Edwin P. Christmann - Slippery Rock University, USA
Formative Assessment | Summative Assessment & Testing | Teaching in Primary Schools
Designed around an easy-to-follow model, this book helps teachers develop unit and daily instructional objectives based on state and national content standards for each level of Bloom's Taxonomy, including synthesis and evaluation. The subsequent chapters cover the main forms of assessment and provide many detailed examples of assessment items drawn from each of the major subject areas. Elementary school teachers will discover how to:
Deconstruct the standards and write measurable objectives
Create true-false, fill-in-the-blank, matching, and multiple choice exercises
Write short-answer questions and essay items
Use performance-based assessments and portfolios
This resource guides teachers through the process of designing specific objectives based on content standards and helps them develop the right assessments to measure their students' development!
“This book is a wonderful tool and reference for any teacher. In my work of providing professional development to teachers of elementary science, one of the hardest areas for the teachers to grasp is assessment. Especially helpful for these teachers are the chapters on writing short-answer and essay items, performance-based assessment, and portfolios.”
Loved it and it fits perfect with our course. Feel that it will be very practical for our teachers.