Assessing historical thinking and understanding : innovative designs for new standards / / Bruce A. VanSledright

• Autore: VanSledright Bruce
• Pubblicazione: New York, NY ; ; Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (144 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.0071/2
• Soggetto topico: History - Study and teaching; History - Study and teaching - Standards - United States; Educational tests and measurements
• Classificazione: EDU000000
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Assessing Historical Thinking and Understanding; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; 1 The Need for New Assessments in History Education; 2 A Sociocultural Cognitive Model for Learning History; 3 Mapping Assessment Tasks to the Learning Model; 4 Interpreting Assessment Tasks; 5 Standards, Assessments, Testing, and Questions of Alignment; Appendix; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <P><EM>Assessing Historical Thinking and Understanding</EM> advocates for a fundamental change in how educators think about making sense of learners' developing cognition and understanding in history. Author Bruce VanSledright argues that traditional and typical standardized testing approaches are seldom up to the task of measuring the more complex understandings students are asked to attain, as they cannot fully assess what the student knows. Rather, he points forward along a path toward changes in learning, teaching, and assessing that closely aligns with the Common Core State Standards. He
• Titolo autorizzato: Assessing historical thinking and understanding
• ISBN: 0-415-83698-0; 1-135-04424-4; 0-203-46463-X; 1-135-04425-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779985703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II