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Uncovering student ideas in astronomy 45 new formative assessment probes

"What do your students know or think they know about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a star? Find out with these 45 new assessment probes, which provide situations that will pique your students interest while helping you understand how yo...

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Main Author: Keeley, Page.
Other Authors: Sneider, Cary Ivan.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Arlington, VA : National Science Teachers Association, c2012.
Subjects:
Astronomy > Study and teaching > Evaluation > Juvenile nonfiction.
Parent teacher books.
Summary: "What do your students know or think they know about what causes night and day, why days are shorter in winter, and how to tell a planet from a star? Find out with these 45 new assessment probes, which provide situations that will pique your students interest while helping you understand how your students think about key ideas related to the universe and how it operates. The book is organized into five sections: the Nature of Planet Earth; the Sun-Earth System; Modeling the Moon; Dynamic Solar System; and Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe."--Amazon.com
Physical Description: 255 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781936137381
1936137380
9781936959822 (ebook)
1936959828 (ebook)
Author Notes: Page Keeley is an internationally known leader in science education. She is the developer and primary author of the award-winning Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series and the Formative Assessment- Practical Strategies Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning series (the "FACTs books"). Her interest in teaching for conceptual understanding and understanding students' thinking began in 1992 after reading the seminal article, Teaching for Conceptual Change- Confronting Children's Experience by Bruce Watson and Dick Konicek. Her very first assessment probe, The Mitten Problem, was based on that article. Her assessment probes and FACTs (formative assessment classroom techniques) are widely used by K-12 teachers, university professors, professional developers, and science specialists throughout the U.S. and internationally.

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