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Assessment:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is referred to as\u00a0the wide variety of methods or tools that educators use to evaluate, measure, and document the academic readiness, learning progress, skill acquisition, or educational needs of students. Every student can preform better when they have an assessment that suits them the best.<\/p>\n

An article from the “The Science Teacher” Journal states, “Thus, it is almost self-evident that the portfolio of approaches to assessment within the faculty is extremely diverse, from quantitative to highly descriptive, from esoteric to professionally relevant and constrained.”<\/p>\n

Forms of Assessment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Test:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Are unfortunately the main form of assessment that are present in high schools today. Test are defined as a procedure intended to establish the quality, performance, or reliability of something, especially before it is taken into widespread use. Using test as a form of assessment can be ineffective because of how students handle the pressures of test in the classroom.<\/p>\n

Better forms of assessment for different types of learners:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mobile:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This Mobile will allow students to represent certain topics in the science classroom in a very creative way. It is a great way for students to show how well they understand topics without taking a test.<\/p>\n

Brochure:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This brochure allows for simple explanations along with creative design to explain certain topics.\u00a0 This type of assessment has the best of both worlds for creative learners and also learners who work best with words and explanations.<\/p>\n

Poster:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The poster form of assessment will allow for students to take control and design something that explains certain topics while still playing to each students individual strength.<\/p>\n

Experiments:<\/strong><\/p>\n