{"id":1595,"date":"2012-06-19T20:25:13","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T00:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2012-06-19T20:25:13","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T00:25:13","slug":"doing-and-understanding-two-separate-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1595","title":{"rendered":"Doing and understanding, two separate things?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The folks at NAEP released results of a new assessment they did with science students<\/a> in grades 4, 8 and 12. In addition to the good ol test on paper, students also conducted either hands-on experiments or interactive computer-based experiments. Results showed that students could conduct the experiments, but struggled to explain what they did. The main points NAEP highlighted about the results were:<\/p>\n

Students were successful on parts of investigations that involved limited sets of data and making straightforward observations of
\nthat data.<\/p>\n

Students were challenged by parts of investigations that contained more variables to manipulate or involved strategic decision making to collect appropriate data.<\/p>\n

The percentage of students who could select correct conclusions from an investigation was higher than for those students who could select correct conclusions and also explain their results.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The folks at NAEP released results of a new assessment they did with science students in grades 4, 8 and 12. 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