Assessment

Secondary school assessment is usually based on testing.  However, in a hands-on program you can fairly evaluate a student's overall ability to comprehend the logic of science.  Assessment of labs, lab notebooks, worksheets, and their ability to research are all indicators of understanding science.

• Electronic Textbook comprehension can be assessed by the unit review tests at the end of each unit.  Students can use the review test to determine how they understood the materials.  The online version will grade the students knowledge of the readings. 
  
  
• Online worksheets are designed so students can input their answers and then print out the information and hand them in.  Labs are very qualitative so the teacher should take the time to look at the logic of how the student recorded their hands-on experience.   The materials sometimes determine their answers.  Even if you are using the Math/Science Nucleus kits, some of the answers could change.  The answers are in the Teacher's Guide.
  
  
• Online activities are mainly for students' comprehension of the materials and as a review of what they learned in the reading materials.   They are located throughout the Electronic Textbook.
  
  
• Slideshows can also be used by the students to review the material that the teacher has used in class. 

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