Evaluation Of Science And Technology Education At The Dawn Of A New Millennium (innovations In Science Education And Technology)

Evaluation of Science and Technology Education at the Dawn of a New Millennium INNOVATIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY Series Editor: Karen C. Cohen, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Are Schools Really Like This?: Factors Affecting Teacher Attitude toward School Improvement J. Gary Lilyquist Education for a Sustainable Future: A Paradigm of Hope for the 21st Century Edited by Keith A. Wheeler and Anne Perraca Bijur Evaluation of Science and Technology Education at the Dawn of a New Millennium Edited by James W. Altschuld and David D. Kumar Internet Links for Science Education: Student–Scientist Partnerships Edited by Karen C. Cohen A Love of Discovery: Science Education: The Second Career of Robert Karplus Robert G. Fuller Place of Science in a World of Values and Facts Loucas G. Christophorou Portable Technologies: Science Learning in Context Edited by Robert F. Tinker and Joseph S. Krajcik Science, Technology, and Society: A Sourcebook on Research and Practice Edited by David D. Kumar and Daryl E. Chubin Technology, Science Teaching, and Literacy: A Century of Growth Kenneth P. King Time for Science Education Michael R. Matthews Tutorial Distance Learning: Rebuilding Our Educational System Alfred Bork and Sigrun Gunnarsdottir Web-Teaching: A Guide to Designing Interactive Teaching for the World Wide Web, Second Edition David W. Brooks, Diane E. Nolan, and Susan M. Gallagher A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher. Evaulation of Science and Technology Education at the Dawn of a New Millennium Edited by James W. Altschuld The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio and David D. Kumar Florida Atlantic University Davie, Florida KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS NEW YORK, BOSTON, DORDRECHT, LONDON, MOSCOW eBook ISBN: Print ISBN: 0-306-47560-X 0-306-46749-6 ©2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow Print ©2002 Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers New York All rights reserved No part of this eBook may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without written consent from the Publisher Created in the United States of America Visit Kluwer Online at: and Kluwer's eBookstore at: http://kluweronline.com http://ebooks.kluweronline.com Foreword James Altschuld, David Kumar, and their chapter authors have produced an upbeat, provocative, visionary, and useful volume on educational evaluation. Of special utility is its grounding in issues and practices relating to evaluations of science and technology education. The book should appeal and be useful to a wide range of persons involved in evaluations of educational policy, programs, and (less so) science teachers. These persons include science and technology education experts, educational policymakers, officials of the National Science Foundation, school administrators, classroom teachers, evaluation instructors, evaluation methodologists, practicing evaluators, and test developers, among others. Contents reflecting international studies of curriculum, evaluation of distance education, and evaluation of technology utilization in Australian schools as well as evaluations in America should make the book appealing to an international audience. Moreover, it provides a global perspective for assessing and strengthening educational evaluation in the U.S. The book argues convincingly that sound evaluation is needed to improve science and technology education and strengthen its claim on public resources. The book speaks thoughtfully and appropriately circumspectly to the efforts promulgated by the