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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about respiration. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize re...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about circular motion. The probe is designed to determine whether students recogni...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about crystalline solids. The probe is specifically designed to determine how stud...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter in a closed system after a transformation of matter f...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit children’s ideas about how light interacts with an object to form a shadow. The probe is designed ...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about the density of a solid object. The probe is designed to find out whether stu...
By Page Keeley
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This probe is designed to elicit students’ ideas about changing the direction of motion in the absence of air. Many students will have seen movies o...
By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about weight and pressure. The probe is designed to determine whether students thi...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about dissolving. The probe is designed to find out what students think happens to...
By Page Keeley
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The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit beginning ideas about forces. The probe is designed to reveal whether students generally identify fo...
By Page Keeley and Rand Harrington