Best practices in social studies assessment

The importance of social studies assessment is beyond question. The National Council of the Social Studies' C3 Framework recognizes the importance of high-quality assessments--its major objective, a "deep understanding of the sociocultural world," has as its underpinning the idea that...

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Other Authors Pearcy, Mark, 1970- (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2017]
SeriesInternational social studies forum, the series.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806609062
DOI10.1108/978-1-68123-763-3
Physical Description1 online resource (vi, 150 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Assessment in social studies education / Jeff Passe, Amy Good, and Amy Fitchett
  • Chapter 2. Keeping it real: Assessing 21st century skills through performance-based assessment / Greer Burroughs and Katelynn Dickstein
  • Chapter 3. Isn't this crazy?: Engaging learners through text-based assessments / Jonathan Ryan Davis and Heather Rippeteau
  • Chapter 4. We're all on a journey: An authentic stance toward project-based social studies assessment / Mark Pearcy and Chris Bond
  • Chapter 5. We all pushed the boundaries: Social and technological assessment / James Daly and Michael Catelli
  • Chapter 6. Anyone can learn: Balancing assessment, feedback, and experimentation / Mark Pearcy and Laura Bond
  • Chapter 7. Learning about the world is much more important: Project-based learning as core assessment / Jiwon Kim and Meredith Riddle
  • Chapter 8. Taking ownership of their learning: Three examples of performance-based social studies assessment / Fred Cotterell, Kathleen McCort, Krista Provost, and David Allocco
  • Chapter 9. Postscript: There is no magic bullet, but... Lessons from the assessments / Greer Burroughs
  • About the contributors.