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Shifting sands: Using SOLO to promote assessment for learning with secondary mathematics and science teachers
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Panizzon, D and Callingham, RA and Wright, T and Pegg, J, Shifting sands: Using SOLO to promote assessment for learning with secondary mathematics and science teachers, AARE 2007 Conference Proceedings, 26 - 29 November 2007, Fremantle, Western Australia EJ (2007) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
Assessment for learning places greater emphasis on assessment being linked intrinsically to the teaching and learning process. In this context summative and formative assessment become critical in providing feedback to teachers and students about what is understood and where learning and subsequently teaching should be directed to enhance student understanding. In NSW, this focus has required a major shift in teacher thinking and practice. A study using the Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome (SOLO) model as a
theoretical framework was developed to provide twenty-three secondary
mathematics and science teachers with a structure and language to
reconsider their assessment and teaching practices for Years 7-10 during a
professional development programme. This paper describes the changes in
teachers’ practices by comparing baseline and mid-project interviews.
Overall, mathematics teachers applied the model to identify developmental
pathways in mathematical conceptual understanding as a means of
improving their teaching strategies in the classroom. Alternatively, science
teachers recognised the usefulness of the SOLO model for planning a range
of assessment tasks that explored students’ scientific understandings and
then implemented this knowledge to restructure their science programmes.
These results demonstrated a major shift in teachers’ views of assessment
and their practices from the initial interviews conducted at the outset of the
study.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | assessment, learning, teaching, mathematics, science, Structure of the Observed Learning Outcome, SOLO |
| Research Division: | Education |
| Research Group: | Specialist studies in education |
| Research Field: | Education assessment and evaluation |
| Objective Division: | Education and Training |
| Objective Group: | Teaching and curriculum |
| Objective Field: | Assessment, development and evaluation of curriculum |
| UTAS Author: | Callingham, RA (Associate Professor Rosemary Callingham) |
| ID Code: | 76206 |
| Year Published: | 2007 |
| Deposited By: | Education |
| Deposited On: | 2012-03-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2014-07-29 |
| Downloads: | 262 View Download Statistics |
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