What Is Brainstorming?

Journal Article | January 2021

Uncovering Students’ Ideas About Using Designs From Nature

Journal Article | January 2022

Uncovering Student Ideas About Earth’s Defining Feature: The Ocean

Journal Article | March 2022

Assessing Science Learning: Perspectives From Research and Practice (e-book)

eBook | May 2009

This book contains many essays and multiple examples of meaningful science assessment practices they explore. The collations of essays reflect work with socioeconomically and ethnically diverse populations to better…

Research and Teaching: Assessing the Effects of Prior Conceptions on Learning Gene Expression

Journal Article | February 2013

Gene expression is a highly theoretical concept that requires advanced reasoning skills to comprehend. Often, students receive instruction but fail to replace prior conceptions and thus do not benefit. To investigate…

E-mail–Based Formative Assessment: A Chronicle of Research Inspired Practice

Journal Article | June 2012

This article describes an e-mail–based formative assessment program, which was established to encourage students to revisit first-year general chemistry material regularly in a low-risk and supportive environment.

Teacher to Teacher: Vote, Discuss, Revote: A Formative Assessment Classroom Technique

Journal Article | September 2017

This column provides practical advice from your peers. Formative Assessment Classroom Techniques, or FACTS, allow teachers to assess student thinking. This article discusses the Vote-Discuss-Revote (VDR) FACT. VDR…

Formative Assessment Probes: Uncovering Students’ Ideas About Inherited Traits

Journal Article | January 2018

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses the “Baby Mice” probe, which is designed for middle and high school students, but it can be used with grades 3–5 to elicit…

Formative Assessment Probes: Watermelon and Grape: An Intuitive Rule of Quantity and Proportion

Journal Article | November 2014

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue shows a formative assessment probe that reveals how strong the "More A - More B" intuitive rule is when students are considering the…

Formative Assessment Probes: Pendulums and Crooked Swings: Connecting Science and Engineering

Journal Article | September 2013

This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue explores the complementary nature of science and engineering in the elementary classroom.

Twitter in the Higher Education Classroom: A Student and Faculty Assessment of Use and Perception

Journal Article | June 2014

This article describes a study that assesses social media use and perception of utility in higher education classrooms among faculty, graduate, and undergraduate cohorts.

Designed for Successful Learning: Using multiple intelligence assessment in the science classroom

Journal Article | October 2002

This article reports the results of a research study that assessed the multiple intelligences of high school students enrolled in physics courses.

Using Formative and Alternative Assessments to Support Instruction and Measure Student Learning

Journal Article | December 2010

Using formative assessment involves gathering data from students on their progress and comprehension so that instruction can be adjusted to meet their learning needs (Popham 2001; Greenstein 2010). This article…