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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about mass. It is designed to find out if students understand the difference betwe...
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Do They Have the Same Properties?
This assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about microscopic and macroscopic properties of matter and is designed to find out if students at...
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This assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about characteristic properties of matter. It is designed to find out if students recognize some ...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about elements and compounds. It is designed to find out how students classify a c...
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Graphite is the material in a pencil tip, and diamonds are precious jewels. They are both made of carbon. This assessment probe is to elicit students�...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about neutral atoms. The probe is designed to reveal how students think about the ...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about substances. The probe is designed to determine whether students distinguish ...
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When matter changes, sometimes a new substance is formed. The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. T...
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What Is the Result of a Chemical Change?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. The probe is designed to find out whether students recogniz...
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What Happens to Atoms During a Chemical Reaction?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. The probe is designed to find out whether students recogniz...
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Observations provide evidence of a chemical change. The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical change. The pro...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about changes that result in new properties. The probe is designed to find out whe...
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This assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about radiation and is designed to reveal whether students distinguish between something that had...
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This assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about radiation and is designed to reveal how students distinguish between irradiated and radioac...
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Energy is difficult to define. The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about energy and is designed to reveal how student...