Det är en het potatis! Lärares uppfattningar om vilka bedömningskriterier de använder vid betygssättning i de naturorienterande ämnena
EducationBedömningBetygssättningNaturorienterande ämnenBetygskriterierBetygssystemAssessmentMarking processScience educationCriterion referenced markingGrading systemPedagogik
The purpose of this research is to survey and describe some science teachers? conceptions of which assessment criteria they use at the marking process. Questions which are relevant for this research are the following: 1. Which assessment methods form the basis for science teachers? marking process? 2. Which knowledge qualities are assessed and marked by science teachers? 3. How do science teachers use national curriculum and marking criterions?Five qualitative interviews of science teachers were performed. The interview material was analyzed by a phenomenographical analysis method. The result from the first problem consists of the descriptive categories: Science methodology and Oral and written use of language. The result from the second problem consists of the descriptive categories: The students´ ability to use science knowledge in different contexts, The students´ ability to use science vocabulary, The students´ ability to develop science knowledge, and The students´ behavior. The result from the third problem consists of the descriptive categories: As a support in the marking process, As a material for discussion, and As a way to communicate objects to students.