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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828932403321

Autore

Keeley Page

Titolo

What are they thinking? : promoting elementary learning through formative assessment / / Page Keeley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Arlington, Virginia : , : NSTA Press, National Science Teachers Association, , [2014]

�2014

ISBN

1-938946-65-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 226 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

372

Soggetti

Education, Elementary - United States

Education, Elementary - United States - Evaluation

Education, Elementary - Aims and objectives

Educational evaluation - United States

Inquiry-based learning - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. "Doing" science -- 2. "More A--More B" rule -- 3. Does it have a life cycle? -- 4. To hypothesize or not? -- 5. How far did it go? -- 6. Needs of seeds -- 7. The mitten problem -- 8. Is it living? -- 9. With a purpose -- 10. Where are the stars? -- 11. Pushes and pulls -- 12. Teachers as classroom researchers -- 13. Representing microscopic life -- 14. The daytime moon -- 15. Seeing the light -- 16. Food for plants : a bridging concept -- 17. Where did the water go? -- 18. Confronting common folklore : catching a cold -- 19. Talking about shadows -- 20. Birthday candles : visually representing ideas -- 21. Mountain age : creating a classroom profile -- 22. Using the P-E-O technique -- 23. Labeling versus explaining -- 24. When equipment gets in the way -- 25. Is it a rock? Continuous formative assessment -- 26. Is it a solid? Claim cards and argumentation -- 27. When is the next full moon? Using K-2 concept cartoons -- 28. Pendulums and crooked swings : connecting science and engineering -- 29. Is it melting? Formative assessment for teacher learning -- 30. Is it made of parts? Scaffolding a formative assessment probe.



Sommario/riassunto

This book will help draw out and then recognize what students know--or think they know--about the natural world. It provides easy-to-grasp explanations and advice that tell how to encourage evidence-based discussion and then monitor students' understanding.