Assessing Science in the Primary Classroom: Observing Activities

by Wynne Harlen, Maurice J. Galton, Linda Hargreaves, et al.

This book examines the value of systematic observation in assessing pupil performance in science. The origin and criteria for these skills are described, together with examples of childrens actions and words which can be taken as evidence of process-based working. The Science Process Observation Categories (SPOC), the instrument used for observation in the STAR project, and procedure for its use, is described. SPOCs main purpose was to assist in developing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853960764
• ISBN13: 9781853960765
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Paul Chapman Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.