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ERIC Number: EJ473406
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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Assessment of Practical Work: Some Considerations in Philosophy of Science.
Hodson, Derek
Science and Education, v1 n2 p115-44 1992
Argues that a skills-based approach for the assessment of laboratory work is philosophically unsound, educationally worthless, and pedagogically dangerous. Proposes an alternative, holistic approach to assessment, based on a more valid model of scientific practice. (Contains 38 references.) (MDH)
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Holistic Evaluation, Inservice Teacher Education, Laboratory Experiments, Laboratory Procedures, Models, Science Education, Science Experiments, Science Instruction, Secondary Education
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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