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Session 9 at a Glance
// Monday, March 15, 2021 • ACCT Admin
The session begins by asking participants to discuss teaching dilemmas and identify those that have come up for them at their school or in their instruction. Participants focus on examining and commenting on their videos, specifically with regard to eliciting and advancing moves.
Session 8 at a Glance
// Monday, March 15, 2021 • ACCT Admin
The goal for session 8 is to focus on the formative assessment enactment model. Teachers revisit the formative assessment enactment model and reflect upon its versatility and value for classroom use. This session uses videos of student discourse to help participants grapple with the critical aspects of the Formative Assessment Enactment Model.
Session 7 at a Glance
// Monday, March 15, 2021 • ACCT Admin
Session 7 returns to cognitive interviewing as a formative assessment strategy and focuses on noticing and interpreting student thinking during the interview process. The session begins with participants examining their cognitive interviews with a partner.
Session 6 at a Glance
// Monday, March 15, 2021 • ACCT Admin
Session 6 focuses on cognitive interviewing as a formative assessment strategy that is conducted between a teacher and one student to elicit students’ thinking. The teacher interviews one student at a time with a set of probing questions that uncovers conceptual understanding.
Session 5 at a Glance
// Monday, March 15, 2021 • ACCT Admin
This 3 hour session continues to build a collaborative learning community and deepen understanding of students’ chemical thinking by comparing different teaching moves and how these moves promote the development of sense-making with chemistry concepts.
Session 4 at a Glance
// Monday, March 15, 2021 • ACCT Admin
The 3 hour session includes time for teachers to share their experiences, engage with student work and explore the formative assessment cycle. The session encourages teachers to deepen their understanding of the formative assessment cycle by looking at student work and reviewing videos looking for eliciting moves.
Session 3 at a glance
// Monday, March 15, 2021 • ACCT Admin
In this 3 hour session the overarching goals are to strengthen the ability to plan for learning about students’ chemical thinking using formative assessments that elicit students’ ideas, particularly focusing on the nature of questions. This session also offers a brief introduction to the NGSS core expectations.
text: Summative Assessment: High Rigor - Low Stress with Katy Dornbos
Summative Assessment: High Rigor - Low Stress with Katy Dornbos
// Friday, February 26, 2021 • Deanna Cullen
On February 25th, Katy Dornbos presented a ChemEd X Talk about how she has transformed the way she is assessing her students - particularly on exams. She was frustrated by how limited class time and text anxiety were restricting the depth of responses her students could provide.
ACCT Formative Assessment and Chemical Thinking course
// Friday, February 26, 2021 • ACCT Admin
Assessing for Change in Chemical Thinking has created materials for chemistry teachers nationwide to use for professional development in your schools, districts, and professional organizations.