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In this chapter, the authors look at three basic statistical tests. The first is the t-test, which is used when you have nominal or ordinal data and only two test variables you are comparing (e.g., the speed of cats and…
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about plants. The probe is designed to find out what characteristics children use to decide if something is a plant.
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about needs of living things. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that all animals need air to live, including…
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about sensory responses. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that plants as well as animals can sense…
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about seed germination. The probe is designed to find out if children think the size of a seed determines the time it takes to…
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about floating and sinking. The probe is designed to find out if children think size is the property that determines whether an object…
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about conservation of matter. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that all the individual parts that make up an…
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about changes in matter. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that not all changes are reversible.
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s descriptions of motion. The probe is designed to reveal how students describe the path of a moving object as it leaves a winding track.
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about waves. The probe is designed to reveal students’ ideas about water waves and the waves’ interactions with floating objects.
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about variations in sound. The probe is designed to reveal students’ thinking about factors that affect pitch.
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about magnets. The probe is designed to reveal children’s ideas about the strength of a magnet in relation to the size of the magnet.
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The purpose of the assessment probe, in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about the Earth materials that make up landforms. The probe is designed to reveal whether students recognize that mountains are made…
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The purpose of the assessment probe in this chapter, is to elicit children’s ideas about soil. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that soil is made up of living and nonliving material.
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Into the Jungle: A Guide to Investigating Your New Science Classroom
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This chapter is all about what to do when you are given your first classroom. As a science teacher, you often inherit a jungle of supplies that are organized in a way that only one person would understand … and that…
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