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Journal article
The poetry of science: A flexible tool for assessing elementary student science journals
Science and Children, Vol.46, pp.36-41
46
2008
Abstract
Inquiry-based science offers rich hands-on and mind-on experiences that encourage students to ask and search for answers to their own questions. Writing about inquiry-based science experiences can provide students with opportunities to communicate their questions, observations, and reflections while expanding our instructional and assessment options as teachers. But how can teachers encourage and assess student writing in science? In this article, we describe P.O.E.T.R.Y., an authentic assessment tool that can be used to analyze elementary student science journal entries and track the development of both language arts and science skills and concepts.
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- Title
- The poetry of science
- Publication Details
- Science and Children, Vol.46, pp.36-41
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- National Science Teachers Association
- Series
- 46
- Copyright
- © National Science Teaching Association
- Identifiers
- 99380090637206600
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Language
- English