“Uncovering Student Ideas is highly recommended for teachers at every level; it contains a set of essential tools that cross discipline, grade, and ability levels. There’s no better way to guide your planning and decision-making process.”
—from Juliana Texley’s review of Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Vol. 4
Are you looking for ways to transform your instruction this school year? Learn how to do so while also supporting learning with preconference workshops at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) fall conferences in Charlotte and Denver. Page Keeley, the author of the bestselling Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series, and coauthor Joyce Tugel will

• introduce participants to the use of formative assessment in science,
• help them understand the types of preconceptions students have and ways to surface and address them,
• practice strategies for questioning and monitoring student learning during different stages in a cycle of instruction,
• show participants how to develop assessments that probe students’ thinking, and
• demonstrate how to combine formative assessment classroom techniques (FACTs) with the eight scientific practices in the Next Generation Science Standards.

Both classroom and teacher learning applications will be addressed, so classroom teachers, science specialists, preservice instructors, and more will benefit from this daylong workshop. All participants will receive a copy of Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Vol. 4: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes.
More information and registration details can be found here:

•  Charlotte: www.nsta.org/charlotteassessment

• Denver (with coauthor Joyce Tugel): www.nsta.org/denverassessment