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NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 4: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes
Wouldn't it be helpful to know what your students' ideas are about a science concept before launching into a new lesson or unit? Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 4, offers 25 more formative assessment probes to help reveal students' precon...
By Joyce Tugel, Page Keeley
NSTA Press Book
Extreme Science: From Nano to Galactic
Whether we are imagining microbes or mammoths, dinosaurs or diatoms, molecules or stars, people of all ages are fascinated with the very large and the very small. New technologies have enabled scientists to investigate extremes of science previously ...
By M. Gail Jones, Amy R. Taylor, Michael R. Falvo
NSTA Press Book
Reforming Secondary Science Instruction
Science education reform can seem a daunting task to high school science teachers. So, you might ask, why should I be bothered? The answer is that today’s students simply do not have the skill sets necessary for life in our global economy. ...
NSTA Press Book
College Science Teachers Guide to Assessment
What is assessment? How do you assess your students’ progress? How do they assess themselves and their peers? How do you assess the effectiveness of your own teaching? College Science Teachers Guide to Assessment provides busy professors with...
NSTA Press Book
Interpreting Assessment Data: Statistical Techniques You Can Use
Are you properly evaluating the results of the tests you give to students? Can you explain the difference between classroom assessment and standardized assessment? Are you on solid ground with your grading system? Demystify—and even use—statistic...
By Edwin P. Christmann, John L. Badgett
NSTA Press Book
Climate Change From Pole to Pole: Biology Investigations
Climate Change From Pole to Pole: Biology Investigations offers timely, relevant, biology-based case studies and background information on how to teach the science of climate change. The six painstakingly researched and field-tested activities, which...
By Juanita Constible, Luke Sandro, Richard E. Lee, Jr.
NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas in Science, Volume 3: Another 25 Formative Assessment Probes
Because you demanded it! Since publication of Volume 1 of this series, thousands of teachers are using these innovative classroom tools to improve student learning in science. Following in the footsteps of earlier volumes in the Uncovering Student Id...
By Page Keeley, Francis Eberle, Chad Dorsey