Performance Assessment of a Standards-Based High School Biology Curriculum

Performance Assessment of a Standards-Based High School Biology Curriculum

Presents a study that compares an introductory high school biology curriculum, Biology: A Community Context (BACC), with traditional curricula. Discusses the differences between standards-based BACC and traditional instruction. Identifies the instructional method in BACC as investigative inquiry and...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American biology teacher 2001-05, Vol.63 (5), p.310-316
Hauptverfasser: Leonard, William H., Speziale, Barbara J., Penick, John E.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Benchmarks
Biology
Curricula
Curriculum based assessment
Curriculum standards
Education
High school curriculum
High school students
High Schools
Inquiry
Methods
Performance assessment
Performance Based Assessment
Posttests
Pretests
Science Course Improvement Projects
Science Curriculum
Science education
Science Instruction
Science Process Skills
Science teachers
Secondary school curricula
Secondary School Science
Secondary schools
Study and teaching
Teachers
Teaching Methods
Thinking Skills
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Zusammenfassung:Presents a study that compares an introductory high school biology curriculum, Biology: A Community Context (BACC), with traditional curricula. Discusses the differences between standards-based BACC and traditional instruction. Identifies the instructional method in BACC as investigative inquiry and the activities proceed from concrete to more abstract. (Contains 19 references.) (YDS)
ISSN:0002-7685
1938-4211
DOI:10.1662/0002-7685%282001%29063%5B0310%3APAOASB%5D2.0.CO%3B2