Weaving Science Inquiry and Continuous Assessment

Foreword by Susan MundryExperience the delight and professional growth that comes from engaging deeply with your students! By combining science inquiry and continuous assessment you will not only catalyze meaningful changes in your students'' thinking and learning but also reflect on and enhance your own approach to teaching. Formulating strategies and plans to support each student''s intellectual growth is an important step in this process. Weaving Science Inquiry & Continuous Assessment provides specific tools and techniques along with stories and strategies in teachers'' own words. Chapters cover the following subjects that reflect the latest information and most current teaching environment: The essence of continuous assessment The context for continuous assessment Techniques and tools for facilitating inquiry and collecting student data Analyzing and using continuous assessment data Challenges realities and advice Continuous assessment and professional growth