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Guest Editorial: A Critical Review of the National Academies’ 2021 Call to Action
Journal Article | August 2021
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy: 45 New Formative Assessment Probes
NSTA Press Book | March 2012
What do your students know—or think they know—about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a star? Find out with this book on astronomy, the latest in NSTA’s popular…
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Uncovering Student Ideas About Engineering and Technology: 32 New Formative Assessment Probes
NSTA Press Book | March 2020
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. Have you been wondering how well your students understand engineering and technology concepts? Have you been wishing for formative…
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Page | May 2020
NSTA Press® Sample Chapters Looking for Science Activities? NSTA Press publishes science activities for teachers of kindergarten through college on a wide range of topics. We've posted sample chapters and activities from our books for free download so you can look inside. Be sure to search our online bookstore for…
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Formative Assessment of STEM Activities in Afterschool and Summer Programs
Journal Article | August 2019
The positive impacts of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) afterschool and summer programs have been well documented and summarized in a number of review papers and books (e.g., Allen, Noam, and Little…
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Journal Article | July 2019
The fundamental ideas in John Dewey’s 1913 essay, Interest and Effort in Education, are as true today as they were when he published it more than a century ago. His key point was that interest can motivate students to…
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Lesson Plan | July 2021
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about why the constellations change with the seasons. The probe is designed to find out how students use the Earth’s spin and orbit to explain why…
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Lesson Plan | July 2021
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the Sun and stars. The probe is designed to uncover students’ ideas about the nature of stars and their recognition that the Sun is an average star…
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What’s Inside Our Solar System?
Lesson Plan | July 2021
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the solar system. The probe is designed to find out if students can distinguish between objects in the solar system and objects outside of the…
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How Do We Know What Stars Are Made Of?
Lesson Plan | May 2020
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NSTA Press Session: Uncovering Elementary Students’ Ideas About Engineering and Technology
Archived Conference Session | August 2020
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