{"product_id":"9781938946257-what-are-they-thinking","title":"What Are They Thinking?","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePromoting Elementary Learning Through Formative Assessment\u003cbr\u003eYou don’t have to become a mind reader to understand the ideas young students bring to science class. This collection will help you draw out and then recognize what students know—or think they know—about the natural world. Each chapter provides a sample formative assessment probe, and a set of interesting questions that root out commonly held, often-mistaken ideas.\u003cbr\u003eYou don’t have to become a mind reader to understand the ideas young students bring to science class. This collection will help you draw out and then recognize what students know—or think they know—about the natural world. \u003cem\u003eWhat Are They Thinking?\u003c\/em\u003e is a compendium of 30 “Formative Assessment Probes” columns from NSTA’s elementary journal \u003cem\u003eScience and Children\u003c\/em\u003e. Each chapter provides:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA sample formative assessment probe: a set of interesting questions that root out commonly held, often-mistaken ideas. Geared to elementary students, probe topics range from why you can see the Moon in the daytime to where water goes when it evaporates to what is or isn’t a rock. Your students’ answers to each probe will help you take a step back and figure out how to guide them from where they are conceptually to where they need to be.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccompanying teacher notes: easy-to-grasp explanations and advice that tell you how to encourage evidence-based discussion and then monitor students’ understanding.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA bonus feature: a set of study group questions written especially for this compendium by award-winning author Page Keeley.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eSo forget about acquiring psychic powers. Instead, turn to \u003cem\u003eWhat Are They Thinking?\u003c\/em\u003e to transform both your teaching and your students’ learning about science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55181993804150,"sku":"9781938946257","price":37.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28906151.jpg?v=1737632376","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781938946257-what-are-they-thinking","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}