Evaluation of Science and Technology Education at the Dawn of a New Millennium

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. What Does the Future Have in Store for the Evaluation of Science and Technology Education?

   • James W. Altschuld, David D. Kumar

   Pages 1-22

3. What Role Should TIMSS Play in the Evaluation of U.S. Science Education?

   • William H. Schmidt, HsingChi A. Wang

   Pages 23-48

4. Evaluating Systemic Reform

   • Bernice Anderson

   Pages 49-80

5. Musings on Science Program Evaluation in an Era of Educational Accountability

   • Dennis W. Cheek

   Pages 81-104

6. Assessment Reform

   • Wendy McColskey, Rita O’Sullivan

   Pages 105-131

7. Evaluation of Information Technology

   • John M. Owen, Gerard T. Calnin, Faye C. Lambert

   Pages 133-163

8. Complementary Approaches to Evaluating Technology in Science Teacher Education

   • David D. Kumar, James W. Altschuld

   Pages 165-185

9. Evaluation of Science Teaching Performance through Coteaching and Cogenerative Dialoguing

   • Kenneth Tobin, Wolff-Michael Roth

   Pages 187-217

10. Evaluating Science Inquiry

    • Douglas Huffman

    Pages 219-242

11. Distance Learning in Science Education

    • John R. Cannon

    Pages 243-265

12. Back Matter

    Pages 267-279

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"James Altschuld, David Kumar, and their chapter authors have produced an upbeat, provocative, visionary, and useful volume on educational evaluation. Of special utility is its grounding in issues and practices relating to evaluations of science and technology education. The book should appeal and be useful to a wide range of persons involved in evaluations of educational policy, programs, and (less so) science teachers. These persons include science and technology education experts, educational policymakers, officials of the National Science Foundation, school administrators, classroom teachers, evaluation instructors, evaluation methodologists, practicing evaluators, and test developers, among others. Contents reflecting international studies of curriculum, evaluation of distance education, and evaluation of technology utilization in Australian schools, as well as evaluations in America should make the book appealing to an international audience. Moreover, it provides a global perspective for assessing and strengthening educational evaluation in the US."
Daniel L. Stufflebeam, Professor of Education and Director of the Evaluation Center, Western Michigan University
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From the reviews:

"The reader is led on a path of discovery and inquiry into the world of educational evaluation by a wide array of experts in the field. The book is meant for persons involved in science and technology education, educational policy and reform institutes, the National Science Foundation, school administration, classroom teaching, evaluation instruction at the university level, evaluation methodology and practice, and the development of standardized and authentic assessment. … is a valuable resource to the literature of educational evaluation." (Paul Narguizian, SSMA - School Science and Mathematics, Vol. 106 (4), 2006)

• The Ohio State University, Columbus

  James W. Altschuld

• Florida Atlantic University, Davie

  David D. Kumar

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