All Book Chapters
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical cells. It is designed to reveal what students think is happening in...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about electric charge. The probe is designed to determine how fast students think ...
Book Chapter
Can Magnets Push or Pull Without Touching?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetic force. It is designed to find out whether students recognize that m...
Book Chapter
Can You Pick It up With a Magnet?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetic materials. The probe is designed to find out which types of materia...
Book Chapter
Does a Magnet Pick up Any Kind of Metal?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetic materials. It is designed to determine whether students recognize t...
Book Chapter
What Happens When You Wrap a Magnet With Aluminum Foil?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetic force. It is designed to reveal students’ ideas about how magneti...
Book Chapter
What Happens If You Use the Other End of the Magnet?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetic interactions. It is designed to find out whether students think the...
Book Chapter
Does a Magnet Work Without Air?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetism. It is designed to reveal whether students think air is necessary ...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetic interactions. It is designed to find out whether students recognize...
Book Chapter
How Would a Magnet Work on the Moon?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetism. It is designed to reveal whether students think gravity has an ef...
Book Chapter
What Happens When You Hold a Magnet Near a Refrigerator?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetic interactions. It is designed to find out how students visually repr...
Book Chapter
What Happens When a Magnet is Brought Near a Charged Ball?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetic interactions. It is designed to find out whether students confuse e...
Book Chapter
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetic interactions. It is designed to find out whether students recognize...
Book Chapter
What Happens When a Magnet Breaks?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the properties of magnets. The probe is designed to find out how students wo...
Book Chapter
How Can You Represent a Magnetic Field?
The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about magnetic fields. It is designed to find out how students would represent a m...