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  • What Is a Hypothesis?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about hypotheses. The probe is designed to find out if students understand what a hypothesis is, when it is used, and how it is developed.

  • Active Learning Classrooms

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    Active learning classrooms (ALCs) are designed to support collaborative learning in large class sections that are often taught with a lecture format. Studies on ALCs indicate that they have positive influences on…

  • Earth Watch

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  • “When You Walk Into This Room, You’re Scientists!”

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  • As Light Meets Matter

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  • Who Can Become an Engineer?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about who can become an engineer. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that anyone can become an engineer as long as they study…

  • Global Warming

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about global warming. The probe is designed to find out what students think contributes to global warming.

  • Keeping Cool With SageModeler

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  • An Argumentative Writing Prompt Model to Support Nonscience Major Students’ Learning in an Introductory Chemistry Course

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    An argumentative writing prompt model is presented for use in a general chemistry class designed for nonscience major students. The purpose of this instructional model is to support students with rich experiences to…

  • Is It a System?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about systems. The probe is designed to find out whether students can recognize that things with parts that interact or influence each other are systems.

  • Teaching in the Coronavirus Era

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  • Mountain Age

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about processes that affect the shape of mountains. The probe is designed to reveal whether students understand the role of weathering in shaping…

  • Hot and Cold Balloons

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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 recognize that the mass of a warm gas in a closed system is the same after…

  • Catalyzing the Advancement of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Chemical Education

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    Only a relatively small number of students from underrepresented groups enter the field of chemistry, complete their degrees, and enter the workforce. There are ethical and practical concerns when we lose out on…

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