{"product_id":"uncovering-student-ideas-in-life-science-volume-1-25-new-formative-assessment-probes","title":"Uncovering Student Ideas in Life Science  Volume 1: 25 New Formative Assessment Probes","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor Page Keeley continues to provide K12 teachers with her highly usable and popular formula for uncovering and addressing the preconceptions that students bring to the classroomthe formative assessment probein this first book devoted exclusively to life science in her Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series. In this volume  Keeley addresses the topics of life and its diversity; structure and function; life processes and needs of living things; ecosystems and change; reproduction  life cycles  and heredity; and human biology. Using the probes as diagnostic tools that identify and analyze students preconceptions  teachers can easily move students from where they are in their current thinking to where they need to be to achieve scientific understanding. At the same time  use of the probes deepens the teachers understanding of the subject matter  suggests instructional implications  and expands assessment literacy. Using the student-learning data gained through the probes to inform teaching and learning is what makes the probes formative. Each probe is supported by extensive Teacher Notes  which provide background information on the purpose of the probes  related concepts  explanations of the life science ideas being taught  related ideas in the national science standards  research on typical student misconceptions in life science  and suggestions for instruction and assessment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986282541109,"sku":"ByrdShop_1936137178","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781936137176.jpg?v=1770894429","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/uncovering-student-ideas-in-life-science-volume-1-25-new-formative-assessment-probes","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}