Integrating Science with Mathematics & Literacy

Defining new visions for science mathematics and language arts education the authors provide a clearly articulated set of performance assessments allowing teachers to assess students'' knowledge and abilities through investigation problem solving inventiveness and inquiry. Featuring activities that promote higher-order thinking skills and help develop more complex cognitive functions this resource offers more than 20 ready-to-use assessments linked to national standards with tools that include:o Learning logso Portfolioso Peer interview strategies o Teacher-student sample interviewso Problems to solve both individually and as a group.