Scientific Argument
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SITE ORGANIZATION

On this website we present scientific argument assessments for reading, writing, and talking.  Under each of these modalities, the assessments measure specific characteristics of arguments.  For instance, there are two assessments for reading scientific arguments:  forms of justification and relevant-supporting evidence.  The page that presents each assessment is formatted to provide the same categories of information.  For example, if you click on Reading Assessment --> Forms of Justification you will find all of the documents for that characteristic of an argument.

On this page, we also present that same information by category of information instead of by characteristic of the argument. For example, If you click on Assessments below you will find all of the assessments available for reading, writing and talking argument across the different characteristics.

materials presented for each assessment

Summary & Definitions

Construct Maps


Assessments

Answer Keys & Rubrics



Teaching Strategies


Tech Reports




Description

Describes the topic of the assessment and provides key terms

Separates the topic of the assessment (construct) into qualitatively distinct levels that characterize students' progression towards greater expertise

Provides the items that can be used with students

Provides answers to the multiple-choice items as well as rubrics to assess constructed response items

Describes strategies teachers can use to help students progress along the construct map

Provides the psychometric analyses from pilot studies with middle school students
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