Culturally Sustaining Assessments in Out-of-School STEAM Learning Environments: Recognizing Multilingual Students' Sensemaking

• In Event: Sunday Roundtable 9:45 am
  In Roundtable Session: Examining Assessments Designed to Support Diverse Students’ Learning (Table 1)

Abstract

This research attends to the call for more equitable practices of sensemaking in science education, with a specific focus what it means to honor and sustain multilingual youth’s repertories of practice as a part of the learning and assessment process. Guided by the principles of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy (CSP) and Culturally Sustaining Assessment (CSA), our research examines alternative methods of assessment of learning in the context of fluid dynamics. The findings emphasize the centrality of culturally sustaining assessment practices for enriching learning experiences and supporting diverse student groups. The value of the study is found in its commitment to foregrounding equity, inclusivity, and empowerment in science education.

Authors

• Esma Nur Kahveci, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

• Jared Fredette

• Shakhnoza Kayumova, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth