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Assessments are tools for evaluating student understanding of science content, ability to think critically, the capability to design investigations and analyze results, and the capacity to relate science topics to the real world.

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Why Is My Shadow Always Changing?

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Seeing Students Learn Science

It is truly an exciting time in science education. Science educators across the country are adapting to a new vision of how students learn science gui...

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The Feedback Loop: Using Formative Assessment Data for Science Teaching and Learning

What really helps your students learn science: Labs? Group work? Certain types of problems or test questions? Something you never even thought about? ...

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Uncovering Student Ideas in Primary Science, Volume 1: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes for Grades K–2

Winner of the Distinguished Achievement Award from PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers!What ideas do young children bring to th...

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Science Assessments as a Learning Opportunity

Feedback best practices support timely, high-quality feedback with application opportunity. Multiple attempts on assessments support learning gains. A...
 

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Exploring the Role of Student Seating Preference and Performance in a Large Introductory STEM Course

Most introductory courses are held in large lecture halls, with students typically sitting in either the front, middle, or back of the classroom. In a...
 

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Issues of Question Equivalence in Online Exam Pools

During the pandemic, the use of question pools for online testing was recommended to mitigate cheating, exposing multitudes of science, technology, en...
 

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What Can You Do with 77 Formative Assessment Probes Columns?
 

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, February 7, 2023
 

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Freebies and Opportunities for Science and STEM Teachers, January 31, 2023
 

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The (Trans)Formative Assessment Planning Template
 

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Solar Eclipse

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about eclipses. The probe is designed to find out what students think happens duri...
 

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Lunar Eclipse

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about eclipses. The probe is designed to find out what students think causes a lun...
 

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Moonlight

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about light and the Moon. The probe is designed to find out what students think is...
 

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Where Does Oil Come From?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about an important fossil fuel used by humans. The probe is designed to reveal how...
 

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Global Warming

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

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