Ethical Proficient is met and Lesson plans include Ethical treatment and include students in a applicable procedures for care of living treatment of living discussion of ethical the ethical treatment and organisms is organisms treatment and care of care of living organisms. incomplete or absent (NSSTP 9d) living organisms as applicable to the Unit Plan. ASSESSMENT Assessments Proficient level and 80% of lesson plans show 50% of lesson plans to guide lesson plans demonstrate the use of pre and post and the unit show instruction various approaches to assessments in the the use of pre and (NSSTP 8b) performance-based cognitive domain. post assessments in assessments. Assessments address the cognitive science specific elements domain. Not all (content, NOS, Inquiry, elements are Issues) that are designed to assessed in the Unit be used to guide Plan. instruction. Multiple Assessments show 1) Assessments meet 3 or 4 of Assessments meet 0 assessment alignment with instruction; the areas in Exemplary and or 2 of the areas in 2) age appropriate, 3) may be weak or absent in Exemplary and may (NSSTP 8a) gather data for the remaining areas. be weak or absent in diagnostic, formative and the remaining areas. summative use; 4) used to guide instruction, 5) encourage critical thinking in students, 6) assesses possible misconceptions and 7) include a rubric and answer key for each assessment. Student self Lesson plans provide Lesson plans provide Lesson plans either analysis structure for students to opportunities for students to do not provide (NSSTP 8c) analyze their own analyze their own learning students learning and reflect on or reflect on their own work. opportunities to and change their own analyze and reflect work. or opportunities are not appropriate for Unit Plan. TOTALS NOTE: Preservice Teachers are required to re-work their project until a proficient level is reached in all mandatory * sections
Ethical treatment of living organisms (NSSTP 9d) Proficient is met and include students in a discussion of ethical treatment and care of living organisms as applicable to the Unit Plan. Lesson plans include applicable procedures for the ethical treatment and care of living organisms. Ethical treatment and care of living organisms is incomplete or absent ASSESSMENT Assessments to guide instruction (NSSTP 8b) Proficient level and lesson plans demonstrate various approaches to performance-based assessments. 80% of lesson plans show the use of pre and post assessments in the cognitive domain. Assessments address science specific elements (content, NOS, Inquiry, Issues) that are designed to be used to guide instruction. 50% of lesson plans and the unit show the use of pre and post assessments in the cognitive domain. Not all elements are assessed in the Unit Plan. Multiple assessment (NSSTP 8a) Assessments show 1) alignment with instruction; 2) age appropriate, 3) gather data for diagnostic, formative and summative use; 4) used to guide instruction, 5) encourage critical thinking in students, 6) assesses possible misconceptions and 7) include a rubric and answer key for each assessment. Assessments meet 3 or 4 of the areas in Exemplary and may be weak or absent in the remaining areas. Assessments meet 0 or 2 of the areas in Exemplary and may be weak or absent in the remaining areas. Student self analysis (NSSTP 8c) Lesson plans provide structure for students to analyze their own learning and reflect on and change their own work. Lesson plans provide opportunities for students to analyze their own learning or reflect on their own work. Lesson plans either do not provide students opportunities to analyze and reflect or opportunities are not appropriate for Unit Plan. TOTALS NOTE: Preservice Teachers are required to re-work their project until a proficient level is reached in all mandatory * sections
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