A PROCEDURE FOR DEVELOPING SCIENTIFIC THINKING ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS BASED ON TEXTBOOK MATERIALS

Nguyen Thi Lam Quynh1, Nguyen Van Bien2, , Bùi Thị Phương Thúy3, Nguyen Tran Thanh Nam1
1 Nguyen Tat Thanh Lower and Upper Secondary School, Hanoi National University of Education, Vietnam
2 Hanoi National University of Education, Vietnam
3 Hanoi Metropolitan University, Vietnam

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In the context of implementing the 2018 General Education Curriculum, assessing students’ scientific thinking is an important requirement; however, the lack of effective assessment tools remains a major challenge for teachers. Using an action research approach, this study proposes a procedure for developing scientific thinking assessment questions by drawing on available materials in textbooks. A three-step framework was designed and applied to construct five illustrative question clusters based on content from the Grade 12 Physics textbook. The findings provide both a theoretical framework and a versatile tool that enables teachers to make use of textbook materials to design scientific thinking assessment tasks suitable for a variety of instructional activities. The flexibility of the procedure also allows it to be extended to other natural science subjects, including Chemistry and Biology.

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