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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 5
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Teaching Early Childhood Teacher Candidates How to Assess Children's Inquiry Skills in Science Learning
Lee, Joohi; Yoon, Ji Yoon
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, v9 n3 p265?269 2008
This article presents pragmatic information on teaching early childhood teacher candidates how to assess children's inquiry process skills. The authors list three important steps in choosing inquiry skills. They generated behavioral indicators for each inquiry skill, and designed an assessment rubric using number grading or a satisfactory/unsatisfactory rubric system. (Contains 4 figures.)
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Scoring Rubrics, Children, Science Instruction, Student Evaluation, Inquiry, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Grading, Teaching Methods, Lesson Plans
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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