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Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 2: 25 More Formative Assessment Probes | 
| Authors: Page Keeley, Francis Eberle, Joyce Tugel
Publisher: NSTA Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 137082
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 194
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 0873552733
Dewey Decimal Number: 509
EAN: 9780873552738
ASIN: 0873552733
Publication Date: April 2, 2007
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If Hollywood were filming this sequel, the studio would call it Probes 2: More Battles Against Misunderstandings. Like the blockbuster that came before it, Volume 2 of Uncovering Student Ideas in Science will reveal the surprising misconceptions students bring to the classroom so you can adjust your teaching to replace those ideas with a sound understanding of science. The field-tested features from Volume 1 are all here. The 25 new probes are short, easy-to-administer activities designed to determine what students at every grade level know (or think they know) about core science topics. The probes come all ready to reproduce. Accompanying teacher materials explain science content, note links to national standards, and suggest grade-appropriate ways to present material so students will learn it accurately. But where Volume 1 emphasized physical science, Volume 2 covers more life science and Earth and space science probes. New topic areas include forms of matter, changes in matter, living things and life processes, rocks and landforms, the day/night cycle, and objects in the night sky. Volume 2 also suggests ways to embed the probes throughout the course of your instruction, not just when starting a unit or topic.
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Science September 9, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I highly recommend this book! I am in the process of writing a grant proposal to get a copy of this book as well as the second edition for each of the science teachers at our school. I haven't seen the book, but I have used the assessment probes as part of a Montana State University mentoring program. The assessment probes are MAGIC. I used them in classes ranging from Physical Science (which is taken primarily by students who are not college-bound)to Honors Physics, and the students got so much out of the exercise. One young woman, who was a marginal student before the probe "What is Matter?", "won" a discussion with the smartest boy in the class about whether air is matter, and her performance took off after that! I highly recommend this book.
Great Book for Science Teachers January 17, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is really helpful if you want to use common assessments to look at student work and uncover student's initial ideas about science concepts.
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