Formative Assessment Probes: Where Do I Put the Switch? | NSTA

Formative Assessment Probes: Where Do I Put the Switch?

Science and Children—September 2015

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses using formative assessment probes that may surface and challenge ideas confronted during the engineering design process.

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