Abstract

Assessing student learning: A vignette Ms. Gomez, a middle school sci ence teacher, recently completed a study of coastal ecology as part of her team's interdis ciplinary unit on the coast. The team used a variety of methods to integrate the unit across subject areas. The culminating activity for the unit was a team field trip to the coast. Ms. Gomez focused the science compo nent of the unit on coastal ecology with particular emphasis given to using science process skills to compare and contrast the different communities. During the field trip, the team collected data on the characteristics of the beach, dunes, maritime forest, and salt marsh communities. The students were di

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