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Gazing at the Moon

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the Earth-Sun-Moon system. The probe is designed to uncover students’ idea...

By Page Keeley

Assessment Earth & Space Science

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Going Through a Phase

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 rol...

By Page Keeley

Assessment Earth & Space Science

Lesson Plan

Surrounded by Technologies

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ understanding of the word technology. The probe is designed to find out if students are ...

By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel

Assessment Engineering STEM

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Is It a Technology?

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about what is and what is not technology. The probe is designed to find out if stu...

By Page Keeley, Cary Snider, and Mihir Ravel

Assessment Engineering STEM

NSTA Press Book

Once Upon a Physical Science Book: 12 Interdisciplinary Activities to Create Confident Readers

Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more. The authors of this book have been in your shoes. These experienced science teachers...

By Jodi Wheeler-Toppen, Matthew Hackett, Karen Kraus

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Journal Article

Concept Maps for Structuring Instruction and as a Potential Assessment Tool in a Large Introductory Science Course

Concept maps make connections between ideas apparent, and thus would seem ideally suited to demonstrate learning. Yet, they are not widely used by i...

By Carl-Georg Bank and Heidi Daxberger

Postsecondary Assessment Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Measuring Computational Thinking Teaching Efficacy Beliefs of Preservice Elementary Teachers

With the release of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), assessing K–12 science teachers’ self-efficacy in Computational Thinking (CT) ...

By Erdogan Kaya, Anna Newley, Ezgi Yesilyurt, and Hasan Deniz

Postsecondary Assessment Curriculum

Journal Article

Uncovering Parent’s and Children’s Ideas in Science

By Page Keeley

Early Childhood Elementary Assessment

NSTA Press Book

The NSTA Atlas of the Three Dimensions

New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.A key aspect of learning in K–12 education is the idea that what studen...

By Ted Willard

Early Childhood Elementary High School Middle School Preschool General Science Assessment Crosscutting Concepts Curriculum Disciplinary Core Ideas Instructional Materials Learning Progression NGSS Pedagogy Performance Expectations Science and Engineering Practices Three-Dimensional Learning Preservice Science Education Research Teacher Preparation

Journal Article

Constructive Error Climate: A Classroom Assessment Technique in Science Classes

Although making errors in the learning process is common, it is usually perceived by students as something negative and a potential threat to self-e...

By Yunteng He

Postsecondary Assessment Preservice Science Education Research

Blog Post

Supporting Equity in the Classroom

Middle School Elementary High School Assessment Multilingual Learners Equity NGSS Preservice Science Education Professional Learning old Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Assessment in the Science Classroom

By Ann Haley Mackenzie

High School Assessment

Journal Article

Model, Assess, Repeat!

By Sarah Boughey and Laura Henriques

Elementary Assessment

NSTA Press Book

Uncovering Student Ideas About Engineering and Technology: 32 New Formative Assessment Probes

New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.Have you been wondering how well your students understand engineering and...

By Page Keeley, Cary Sneider, Mihir Ravel

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