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What is the best way to determine students' skills in science? Paper and pencil or hands-on? "The National Assesment for Education Progress used hands-on experiments as a way to test 4th, 8th, and 12th grade students, and found that this kind of assessment gives a much more accurate reflection of student comprehension."
The findings were mixed. Although 76% of students (at all grade levels) "performed simple experiments correctly and accurately observed the results" when experiments involved more data sets the ability to complete the experiment and observe dropped to 36%. For more detailed information please read the post.
