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We now know enough about atoms and how they combine to investigate a number of different chemical reactions. We’ll even be able to represent those r...
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The word organic has lots of meanings in everyday life. Organic vegetables are ones grown without pesticides and organic beef comes from cattle that...
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Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 2: 25 More Formative Assessment Probes
If Hollywood filmed this sequel, the studio would call it “Probes II: More Battles Against Misunderstandings.” Like the blockbuster before it, Vol...
By Page Keeley, Francis Eberle, Joyce Tugel
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about intensive and extensive properties of matter. The probe is designed to find ...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about density. The probe is designed to find out if students think changing the si...
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the relative position of common objects seen in the sky. The probe is design...
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This first chapter starts off with addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and a few other things. It gives a demonstration of th...
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Given that the vast majority of people reading this book will never ever have to teach calculus, you might be wondering why in the world the topic is ...
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This chapter deals with fractions and decimals. This is one place where people who are otherwise fine with math jump off the boat and decide it's jus...
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This chapter contains basic material related to exponents that is a supplement to Chapters 1 and 2. Keeping with the theme of the first two chapters,...
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This chapter is all about negative numbers, and how to deal with them. They're not all that difficult to understand, but for some reason people get j...
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Why Do They Have to Gum Everything Up With Those Letters?
Often people who are relatively comfortable doing math with numbers completely freak out when variables (you know, those letters that take the place o...
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All Things Being Equal...Or Not
Now that we've covered at least a few examples of how we get equations from the physical world, it's time to work on solving those equations. Solving...
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