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Publication Date: 2016-Mar
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Formative Assessment Probes: Is It Erosion or Weathering?
Keeley, Page
Science and Children, v53 n7 p24-26 Mar 2016
This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. The formative assessment probe in this month's issue can be used as an initial elicitation before students are introduced to the formal concepts of weathering and erosion.
Descriptors: Geology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scientific Concepts, Science Activities, Weather, Earth Science, Elementary School Science, Time, Formative Evaluation, Soil Science, Science Teachers, Elementary School Students, Classroom Techniques, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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