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  • The Mitten Problem

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about energy. The probe is designed to find out whether students think “warm clothes,” like a mitten, produce their own energy, manifested as heat.

  • Ice Water

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about temperature in the context of phases of matter. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that the temperature of a substance does…

  • Warming Water

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about thermal energy. The probe is designed to find out whether students think cold things can have energy.

  • Sustainable Mobility Expert E.J. Klock-McCook

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  • Student-Constructed Weather Instruments Facilitate Scientific Inquiry

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    Students in introductory college science courses often have a simplified understanding of the scientific method. To introduce students to the complexity of the scientific process and the value of empirical observations…

  • Engaging ALL Students in the Science Classroom

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  • An Undergraduate Independent Study Project

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    A lateral flow assay was designed and optimized as an independent study project that aimed to develop an assay for the qualitative detection of troponin assay. Lateral flow assays (the classic example being a pregnancy…

  • Directed inquiry and three-dimensional learning

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  • Cross-Disciplinary Learning

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    We propose cross-disciplinary learning as a construct that can guide instruction and assessment in programs that feature sequential learning across multiple science disciplines. Cross-disciplinary learning combines…

  • Camping Trip

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the effect of solar radiation on Earth’s temperature. The probe is designed to find out whether students realize the Earth continues to cool after…

  • Ice-Cold Lemonade

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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 recognize that heat flows from warmer objects or areas to cooler ones.

  • Preschoolers’ Science Learning Can Be Joyful—Using a Play-Based, Project Approach

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  • Sandy and Dusty Worlds

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  • Mixing Water

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about temperature change in a system. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that heat moves from the warm water to the cool water…

  • Learning by (seeing) osmosis

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