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NSTA Press Book
What Are They Thinking? Promoting Elementary Learning Through Formative Assessment
REVERE Award Winner, PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers!“Children are continually developing ideas and explanations about th...
By Page Keeley
NSTA Press Book
If you and your students can’t get enough of a good thing, Volume 2 of Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science is just what you need. The book ...
By Page Keeley, Rand Harrington
NSTA Press Book
Using Physics Gadgets and Gizmos, Grades 9-12: Phenomenon-Based Learning
What student—or teacher—can resist the chance to experiment with Rocket Launchers, Drinking Birds, Dropper Poppers, Boomwhackers, Flying Pigs, and...
By Matthew Bobrowsky, Mikko Korhonen, Jukka Kohtamäki
Journal Article
Formative Assessment Probes: Habitat Change: Formative Assessment of a Cautionary Word
This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses word usage and learning about habitat....
NSTA Press Book
Doing Good Science in Middle School, Expanded 2nd Edition: A Practical STEM Guide
“We are among those who have come to enjoy the blossoming intellects, often comical behaviors, and insatiable curiosity of middle schoolers—and ch...
By Olaf Jorgenson, Rick Vanosdall, Vicki Massey, Jackie Cleveland
NSTA Press Book
It's Debatable! Using Socioscientific Issues to Develop Scientific Literacy K-12
REVERE Award Finalist, PreK-12 Learning Group, Association of American Publishers!“Functional scientific literacy requires an understanding of the n...
By Dana L. Zeidler, Sami Kahn
Journal Article
Formative Assessment Probes: Is It Made of Parts?: Scaffolding a Formative Assessment Probe
This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue explores structure and function as it relates to animals and plants...