The focus of this book is the assessment of middle-grade science students in the United States, where the emphasis is on `doing' science rather than simply `learning about' it. The book discusses performance assessments - what they measure, how they are scored and how to use them in the science classroom. Different types of assessment are introduced, and the authors list the materials needed and provide clear instructions on how to use and score each type.
Turbulence as a Paradigm for Complex Systems Converging Toward Final States
''I found this most unusual book to be very stimulating. It really did achieve its objective of breaking academic barriers and showing how researchers in different disciplines are grappling with the same difficulties in using different conceptual and practicalmethodologies, and in explaining their results . . . I found many aspects of my own ......
Those struggling to deal with the AIDS epidemic might learn valuable lessons from the earlier struggle of the U.S. to deal with syphilis. Here, Suzanne Poirier tells the story of the Chicago Syphilis Control Program launched in 1937 by the Chicago Board of Health and the U.S. Public Health Service and severely limited from the start because of the ......
Science fiction films, from the original Frankenstein and The Fly to Blade Runner and The Terminator, traditionally have been filled with aliens, spaceships, androids, cyborgs, and all sorts of robotic creatures along with their various creators. The popular appeal of these characters is undeniable, but what is the meaning of this generation of ......
How can we know about the lives of our ancestors who lived 30,000, or 300,000, or 3 million years ago? This title addresses the many difficulties and challenges that scientists face in assembling the record of human evolution. It offers a look at the world of research into the beginnings of human life on earth.
What do the discovery of the coffee bean, the invention of the aqualung, the perception of the importance of the size of the moon, the conquest of smallpox, and supersonic flight all have in common? They are milestones in the history of science, a saga that began before the ancient Greeks and one that will continue for thousands of years to come. ......
A consideration of maps which evaluates the significance of the signs and myths which are inherent in them, and considers them as subjective depictions of reality rather than unbiased reference objects.
Examines the variety of pseudoscientific conjectures that dominate the media. With an emphasis on parapsychology and occultism, this collection addresses the evidence put forth to support claims of ESP, psychokinesis, faith healing, and other pseudoscience.
