This event is open only to SC4 teachers.

If you've ever wondered what your students were thinking about a topic, and wanted to know right away, this workshop is for you. Formative assessment techniques are powerful on their own at helping teachers make informed decisions and helping students uncover problematic beliefs. When combined with the technology that supplies instant feedback, formative assessment moves from powerful to transformative.

Attend this workshop to learn how you can use "clickers" to instantly poll your class about important science beliefs. Come see how these tools can allow your students to provide anonymous responses to questions and tabulate and display their results in just seconds. Learn important tips for using and creating your own formative assessment probes, and find out how this research-supported technology can help improve your students' learning. Participants will receive a copy of Volume 3 of the Uncovering Student Ideas in Science formative assessment publication series and learn how to apply to obtain classroom sets of "clickers" through individual SC4 project grants. Participants will receive a daily stipend for participation in this workshop.