The Hidden Curriculum - Faculty Made Tests in Science: Part 1: Lower-Division Courses

By Jacqueline Raphael and Sheila Tobias

Book Overview

This resource manual for college-level science instructors reevaluates the role of testing in their curricula and describes innovative techniques pioneered by other teachers. part I examines the effects of the following on lower-division courses: changes in exam content, format, and environment; revisions in grading practices; student response; colleague reaction' the sharing of new practices with other interested professionals, and more. The book includes a comprehensive introduction, faculty-composed narratives, commentaries by well-known science educators, and a visual index to 100 more refined innovations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306455803
• ISBN13: 9780306455803
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher