Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science, Volume 2: 39 New Electricity and Magnetism Formative Assessment Probes

by: Page Keeley and Rand Harrington

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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 offers 39 new formative assessment probes, this time with a focus on electric charge, electric current, and magnets and electromagnetism. It can help you do everything from demystify electromagnetic fields to explain the real reason balloons stick to the wall after you rub them on your hair.

Like the other eight wildly popular books in the full series,Uncovering Student Ideas in Physical Science, Volume 2:

• Provides a collection of engaging questions, or formative assessment probes. Each probe in this volume is designed to uncover what students know—or think they know—about electric or magnetic phenomena or identify misunderstandings they may develop during instruction.

• Offers field-tested teacher materials that provide “best answers” along with distracters designed to reveal misconceptions that students commonly hold.

• Is easy to use by time-starved teachers like you. The new probes are short, easy-to-administer activities that come ready to reproduce. In addition to explaining the science content, the teacher materials note links to national standards and suggest grade-appropriate ways to present material so students will learn it accurately.

By helping you detect and then make sound instructional decisions to address students’ misconceptions, this new volume has the potential to transform your teaching.

“I have used this entire series for assessing student understanding, for small- and large-group class discussions, and to fill those five- or 10-minute ‘unexpected’ moments that arise during the day. The prompts are so popular that students beg to do them. … This series is so helpful that I would not consider teaching without it.”
—A teacher review of the Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series from the NSTA Science Store

Grade Levels

Elementary High School Middle School

Topics

Asking questions Assessment Circuits Communicating Curriculum Electrical circuits require a complete loop through which an electrical current can pass. (K-4) Electricity Electricity in circuits can produce light, heat, sound, and magnetic effects. (K-4) Electromagnetism Experimenting Inquiry Instructional Materials Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans Light, heat, electricity, and magnetism Observing Phenomena Physical Science Physical Science Physics Predicting Science as Inquiry Science process skills Scientific habits of mind Select teaching and assessment strategies that support the development of student understanding and nurture a community of science learners. Teacher Preparation Teachers of science plan an inquiry-based science program for their students Teaching Standards Teaching Strategies

Details

Type NSTA Press BookPub Date 3/1/2014Pages 190ISBN 978-1-936137-37-4Stock # PB274X2

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