Assessment of practical work |
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| Authors: | Derek Hodson |
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| Institution: | (1) Curriculum & Instruction Department, OISE, 252 Bloor Street West, M5S 1V6 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | In recent years, much attention has been focused on the need to develop effective and efficient strategies and procedures for the assessment of laboratory work. Increasingly, the emphasis has moved towards a skills-based approach. The paper addresses a number of philosophical issues concerning this orientation and argues that the skills-based approach is philosophically unsound (because it isn't based on a valid model of science), educationally worthless (because it trivializes learning) and pedagogically dangerous (because it encourages bad teaching). An alternative, more holistic approach to assessment, based on a more valid model of scientific practice, is proposed. |
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