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Session 2 at a glance
// Thursday, January 28, 2021 • ACCT Admin
Session 2, a 3 hour session, extends the formative assessment experiences in session 1a and offers participants an opportunity to engage in an innovative lab formative assessment activity.
Political dilemmas
// Thursday, January 28, 2021 • ACCT Admin
Political dilemmas will be associated with resistance from various stakeholders when school and organizational norms are questioned and routines of privilege and authority are disturbed.  
Cultural dilemmas
// Thursday, January 28, 2021 • ACCT Admin
Cultural dilemmas will emerge between teachers and students as classroom roles and expectations shift with an emphasis on chemical thinking.   Some Examples:
Pedagogical dilemmas
// Thursday, January 28, 2021 • ACCT Admin
Pedagogical dilemmas will arise as they address decisions about instructional materials and approaches and what to emphasize in learning experiences that a chemical thinking perspective demands.   Some Examples:
Conceptual dilemmas
// Thursday, January 28, 2021 • ACCT Admin
Conceptual dilemmas will occur as teachers confront the philosophical, psychological, and epistemological assumptions that differ between a traditional conceptualization of chemistry learning and chemical thinking. Teachers are asked to organize instruction around the Chemical Thinking Framework instead of a topic based approach.