Thursday, February 7, 2013

2 Hour Meeting Answer 2

1.  What is your essential question?
How can a chemistry teacher best assess the scientific understanding of their class?2.  What is your second answer to your essential question?
Although overused, traditional tests and quizzes will report the general level of understanding the chemistry class produces. 3.  What are three details to support or justify your second answer (details are examples or facts)?
a. Tests are counted on so 
b. The scores on the tests reflect as to how much students learn in class. 
c. There are  several different ways to analyze the test results. After analyzing the tests can be used to picture what kind of teaching methods worked on certain students.
4.  What source helped you prove this answer is justified for your essential question?
a. My third interview with Dr. Alex, the chair of the chemistry department at Cal Poly Pomona. 
b. The Chemistry Classroom Formulas for Successful Teaching by J. Dudley Herron.
5.  What do you plan to study next with your second answer and why?  
I plan to continue my study of answer 2 by doing hopefully talking to Pang (and other teachers) about how they device their tests. Hopefully, I can talk to Pang about being his TA during fourth blocks.


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