1609 - Scientific Explanations : Narrative structure, Prompts and Rubrics

Author / Creator

AAPT WM21 (2021)

Conferences

AAPT WM21 B2.2 Built-In Assessements (2021)

Available as

Online

Summary

We discuss student narratives, well-structured scientific explanations, as both formative and summative assessment tools. We will review the elements and organization of the narrative in the contex...

We discuss student narratives, well-structured scientific explanations, as both formative and summative assessment tools. We will review the elements and organization of the narrative in the context of the NextGen PET curriculum; present some rubrics and metrics for evaluating narratives; suggest scaffolds and assignments to build students' narrative writing (and reading) skills; and share our data and thoughts for the narrative as a particularly useful tool in the context of online classes. This is part of a series of talks stemming from the NextGen PET FOLC project. This work was supported by the National Science Foundation grant NSF DUE-1626496Sponsored by Lawrence Escalada

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