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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about force related to the interaction between inanimate objects. The probe is des...
By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington
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Imagine you are sitting at a table with a red apple in front of you. Your friend closes the door and turns off all the lights. It is totally dark in t...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about forces. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that ba...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about complete circuits involving lightbulbs. The probe reveals whether students r...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about how we see objects. The probe is designed to find out if students know that ...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the boiling point of a pure substance. The probe is designed to find out whe...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter during combustion. The probe is designed to find out ...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the effect of solar radiation on Earth’s temperature. The probe is designe...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about reflection. The probe is designed to find out if students recognize that all...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about chemical bonds. The probe is designed to find out how students interpret mol...
By Page Keeley