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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about force related to the interaction between inanimate objects. The probe is des...
By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington
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Imagine you are sitting at a table with a red apple in front of you. Your friend closes the door and turns off all the lights. It is totally dark in t...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about how we see objects. The probe is designed to find out if students know that ...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about reflection. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that all...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter. The probe is designed to reveal whether students thi...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit beginning ideas about types of forces. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize th...
By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about pairs of forces that fit Newton’s third law. The probe is specifically des...
By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to comprehensively elicit students’ ideas about the relationship between force and motion. The list of possi...
By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter (or mass). The probe is designed to reveal whether st...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about transfer of energy. The probe is designed to determine whether students reco...
By Page Keeley