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Structure-Property relationships thinking
// Sunday, April 26, 2020 • ACCT Admin
How do a material's properties relate to its composition and structure? (the question of Structure-Property Relationships)
ACCT team alumni
// Friday, April 24, 2020 • ACCT Admin
Steven Cullipher (PhD Student)
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About the ACCT project
// Friday, April 24, 2020 • ACCT Admin
Assessing for Change in Chemical Thinking, which began in 2016, is a partnership between University researchers, Boston Public Schools teachers, and others interested parties from all over the world.
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ACCT professional development
// Thursday, April 23, 2020 • ACCT Admin
ACCT is looking for teachers nationwide who would like to participate remotely in cohort 4 of our professional development series.  Details are described on the application, linked below:
Advancing student thinking
// Thursday, April 23, 2020 • ACCT Admin
Upon noticing the substance of their students chemical thinking, a teacher may decide to advance their students' thinking toward a curricular aim. Here we will consider the ways in which teachers may decide to do so according to our formative assessment model of ena
Eliciting student thinking
// Thursday, April 23, 2020 • ACCT Admin
Upon noticing the substance of their students chemical thinking, a teacher may decide to elicit further ideas from their students.  In eliciting acts, a teacher seeks to find out more about what a student knows and thinks. Here we will consider the ways in which teachers may decide to do so according to our