Uncovering Student Ideas in Science series...
A new publication is forthcoming March 23 from Page Keeley, Senior Science Program Director at the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance, and past president of the National Science Teachers Association:
Uncovering Student Ideas in Astronomy - see full description at NSTA http://nsta.org/store/product_detail.aspx?id=10.2505/9781936137381
From Page:
"After the March 23rd release, NSTA will put the free downloads on the web site (2 probes- Is the Earth Really Round? and What Causes Day and Night? as well as the Front Matter with a wonderful foreword written by Dr. Andrew Fraknoi and an introduction to understanding how students think about ideas related to astronomy. Please feel free to share this information with other teachers and educators."
The publication will be available via NSTA and Amazon.
See also Keeley's web site for formative assessment work: uncoveringstudentideas.org