Valuing Assessment in Science Education: Pedagogy, Curriculum, Policy

Assessment is a fundamental issue in research in science education, in curriculum development and implementation in science education as well as in science teaching and learning. This book takes a broad and deep view of research involving assessment in sc

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Valuing Assessment in Science Education: Pedagogy, Curriculum, Policy

Valuing Assessment in Science Education: Pedagogy, Curriculum, Policy

Deborah Corrigan • Richard Gunstone Alister Jones Editors

Valuing Assessment in Science Education: Pedagogy, Curriculum, Policy

Editors Deborah Corrigan Centre for Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Faculty of Education Monash University Clayton, Victoria Australia

Richard Gunstone Centre for Science, Mathematics and Technology Education Faculty of Education Monash University Clayton, Victoria Australia

Alister Jones Faculty of Education University of Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand

ISBN 978-94-007-6667-9 ISBN 978-94-007-6668-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6668-6 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013941142 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface

This book is the third in a series, the first two of which resulted from the collaboration between Monash University and King’s College London through the Monash-King’s College International Centre for the Study of Science and Mathematics Curriculum. This book introduces a third partner, the University of Waikato, an institution which already has strong link