Assessment Tools
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Access Instructions
Step-by-step guide with
screen captures explaining the creation and design of the periodic table database.
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First Record Print-Out Check List
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After students have completed
research and data entry for the first record of their database, use the check
list to be sure they have all required fields and the data are accurate.
This first record print-out will be used by other students in the class as
their source of information about that element.
For paper saving measures, four check lists can be printed on one page,
then cut and attached to an individual print-out. Click
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for an example of an initial record report. Click
here
for instructions on sorting and printing the completed database.
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Sample Database
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Complete database with
30 element entries, use this for checking the accuracy of students'
work. Before students turn in a print-out of their database, they should have
each element checked by an "Element Expert", i.e., the person who was responsible
for the initial record of that element. I accept no print-out that
does not have the initials by every element symbol of the corresponding
"Element Expert."
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Rubric for Completed Database
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A suggested grading guide
to evaluate the completed project. It is best to have copies of the
rubric available before the students begin work, as some of the criteria apply
to the project as it is in progress.
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Instructions for Sorting/Filtering the Database
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Another step-by-step
guide with screen captures explaining how to filter the database based on
criteria of melting points and boiling points. As you look at the results
on students' monitors (or request a print-out), it is obvious from the criteria
chosen if they have entered information accurately. One sort will result
in all metals, the other sort will result in all non-metals.
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