Involving Teachers in Elementary History and Social Science Test Development: The California Experience.

Palmquist, Kristin

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ERIC Number: EJ450737

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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Involving Teachers in Elementary History and Social Science Test Development: The California Experience.

Palmquist, Kristin

Social Education, v56 n2 p99-101 Feb 1992

Describes the process of developing performance-based tests for elementary history and social sciences in California. Explores development of open-ended questions, examples of questions and student answers, and scoring. Discusses prompts such as categorizing, chronology, cause and effect, controversy, multiple perspectives, interpreting symbols, and historical empathy. (DK)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Essay Tests, History Instruction, Human Geography, Performance Tests, Questioning Techniques, Social Studies, Student Evaluation, Test Construction, Test Format

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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