Formative Assessment Probes: Is It a Theory? Speaking the Language of Science | NSTA

Formative Assessment Probes: Is It a Theory? Speaking the Language of Science

Science and Children—September 2014

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue focuses on a probe that is designed to find out if students (and teachers) distinguish scientific theories from the common use of the word theory and if they understand how theories differ from laws.

Assessment Multilingual Learners Elementary

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