Resources by Paul Chapman Publishing

Written Tasks

The book Written Tasks, in the Assessing Science in the Primary Classroom series, describes the development and use of written tasks designed to assess process (enquiry) skills. All the tasks are related to a unifying theme (The walled garden) which teachers can present as a class project. Tasks are grouped into...

This book explains the purpose and nature of written assessment in science, illustrated through a description of material developed and used in the STAR project. In considering the design of the written material for assessing children's achievement levels in science process skills, it was important that the context...