Interdisciplinary Education in the Age of Assessment

<p><em>Interdisciplinary Education in the Age of Assessment</em> addresses a prevalent need in educational scholarship today. Many current standards-driven curricula follow strict subject-specific guidelines, leaving educators little room for interdisciplinary innovation. This book gears itself toward developing assessment models specific to interdisciplinary education, positioning itself as a seminal volume in the field and a valuable resource to educators across the disciplines. Each chapter covers a major subject area (literacy, science, math, social studies, bilingual education, foreign language, educational policy) and discusses methods of assessing integrated/ interdisciplinary curriculum and instruction.</p> <p><strong>Preface</strong></p><p><strong>Chapter 1 </strong>The Promise of Interdisciplinary Assessment, <em>David M. Moss, Terry A. Osborn and Douglas Kaufman</em></p><p><strong>Chapter 2 </strong>Assessment Is Not a Dirty World: Measuring Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors in Interdisciplinary Learning Environments, <em>Scott W. Brown</em></p><p><strong>Chapter 3 </strong>Assessment as Process: Transdisciplinary Self Evaluation from a Writer’s Point of View, <em>Douglas Kaufman</em></p><p><strong>Chapter 4 </strong>Beyond Trivial Science: Assessing Understandings of the Nature of Science, <em>David M. Moss, John Settlage and Catherine Koehler</em></p><p><strong>Chapter 5</strong> Re-Solving the Tension Between Interdisciplinarity and Assessment: The Case of Mathematics, <em>Jean Burelle, Katherine McGivney and Jane Wilbur</em></p><p><strong>Chapter 6</strong> Hello Dolly!: Interdisciplinary Curriculum, Authentic Assessment, and Citizenship, <em>Alan S. Marcus</em></p><p><strong>Chapter 7 </strong>Language Learning as an Interdisciplinary Endeavor, <em>Terry A. Osborn</em></p><p><strong>Chapter 8 </strong>Rethinking Our Focus on the Future: Reading Assessment in the Transdisciplinary Secondary English Classroom, <em>Wendy J. Glenn</em></p><p><strong>Chapter 9 </strong>Transdisciplinary Approaches to Bilingual Student Assessment: Creating Authentic Reflections of Meaningful Learning Opportunities, <em>Mileidis Gort</em></p><p><strong>Chapter 10 </strong>Interdisciplinary Assessment: A System at the Heart of Teaching and Learning across Domains, <em>Jacqueline Kelleher</em></p><p><strong>Chapter 11 </strong>In Praise of Complexity: Moving Interdisciplinary Assessment in Education from Theory to Practice, <em>Douglas Kaufman, David M. Moss, and Terry A. Osborn</em></p><p><strong>List of Contributors</strong></p>