Biology teachers’ use of their interpretational frameworks for assessing students’ understandings in biology

The study examined interpretational frameworks of six experienced biology teachers related to their roles in assessing students’ written answers to test questions. Data comprised in-depth interviews, sample tests, marking keys and student answers. Teachers’ interpretational frameworks depend on thei...

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Main Author: Horne, Elaine
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Curtin University 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1817
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description The study examined interpretational frameworks of six experienced biology teachers related to their roles in assessing students’ written answers to test questions. Data comprised in-depth interviews, sample tests, marking keys and student answers. Teachers’ interpretational frameworks depend on their expectations and are complex, three-dimensional, relational, predominantly visual and incorporate dynamic decision-making processes in forming judgments about students’ answers. Pedagogical Content assessment Knowledge (PCaK) is proposed as a major organising feature.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-18172017-02-20T06:37:57Z Biology teachers’ use of their interpretational frameworks for assessing students’ understandings in biology Horne, Elaine The study examined interpretational frameworks of six experienced biology teachers related to their roles in assessing students’ written answers to test questions. Data comprised in-depth interviews, sample tests, marking keys and student answers. Teachers’ interpretational frameworks depend on their expectations and are complex, three-dimensional, relational, predominantly visual and incorporate dynamic decision-making processes in forming judgments about students’ answers. Pedagogical Content assessment Knowledge (PCaK) is proposed as a major organising feature. 2015 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1817 en Curtin University fulltext
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Biology teachers’ use of their interpretational frameworks for assessing students’ understandings in biology
title Biology teachers’ use of their interpretational frameworks for assessing students’ understandings in biology
title_full Biology teachers’ use of their interpretational frameworks for assessing students’ understandings in biology
title_fullStr Biology teachers’ use of their interpretational frameworks for assessing students’ understandings in biology
title_full_unstemmed Biology teachers’ use of their interpretational frameworks for assessing students’ understandings in biology
title_short Biology teachers’ use of their interpretational frameworks for assessing students’ understandings in biology
title_sort biology teachers’ use of their interpretational frameworks for assessing students’ understandings in biology
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1817