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How Do Engineers Solve Problems?
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about how engineers use an engineering design process to solve problems. The probe includes some common misconceptions about engineering design, and is…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about brainstorming. The probe is designed to determine the extent to which students understand the norms of good teamwork during the brainstorming…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about food, transformation of matter, growth and development, conservation of mass, and systems. The concepts underlying this probe are complex. It is…
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From the Field: Events and Opportunities, August 24, 2021
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about an engineering design process. The probe is designed to show how students think of engineering design as a logical sequence.
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Lab Safety and the 'Dirty Dozen'
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter in a closed system after a transformation of matter from seed to seedling has taken place. The probe is designed to reveal…
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about a common phenomenon—rusting. The probe is designed to find out what students think happens to the mass of iron nails after a chemical change.
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Safety Recommendations for Opening the New School Year
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about Moon phases. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize the role of light reflection and the positional relationship between the Earth…
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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 think matter is conserved when a substance is dissolved in a liquid.
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about animals. The probe is designed to find out what characteristics students use to determine whether an organism is classified as an animal.
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Increases in student-centered pedagogy have been more prevalent in K–12 education than in collegiate undergraduate science education. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of using student-centered…
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Science Instructional Space Safety Signage
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