Blogs about chemical thinking
ACCT Admin | Tue, 04/21/2020 - 14:18
Check out some ACCT team members' blogs to learn more about Chemical Thinking.
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Benefits-Costs-Risks thinking
ACCT Admin | Tue, 04/21/2020 - 14:08
Here you can read a description of the Benefits-Costs-Risks thread of the Chemical Thinking framework.
Chemical Control thinking
ACCT Admin | Tue, 04/21/2020 - 14:00
Here you can read a description of the Chemical Control thread of the Chemical Thinking framework.
Chemical identity thinking
ACCT Admin | Tue, 04/21/2020 - 12:03
Here you can read a description of the Chemical Identity thread of the Chemical Thinking framework.
Why Do You Make Us Draw so Many Particle Diagrams?
Ben Meacham | Tue, 04/21/2020 - 10:49
Living at the macroscopic level, it’s no surprise that understanding and effectively communicating chemistry concepts can often be a challenging endeavor. Attempting to rationalize our observations through particle-level interpretations requires us to think in less intuitive ways that often create a cognitive barrier for our students. And for good reason.
The Chemical Thinking Learning Progression project
ACCT Admin | Tue, 04/21/2020 - 10:36
Here you can learn about the Chemical Thinking Learning Progression (CTLP) project that spawned the Assessing for Change in Chemical Thinking (ACCT) project.
Chemical Thinking
ACCT Admin | Tue, 04/21/2020 - 10:28
Read about our rationale for the development of the Chemical Thinking framework here.
POGIL Activites in an Asynchronous Learning Environment
Stephanie O'Brien | Sun, 04/19/2020 - 12:46
While POGILⓇ Activities are designed to be completed synchronously in a collaborative team setting with the teacher present as the facilitator, there are ways to utilize the activities in an asynchronous online setting.
Stamp of the Week #2
Michael Morgan | Thu, 04/16/2020 - 16:30
Germany issued a pair of stamps that honor two fundamentally huge accomplishments in science in 1994. The Quantum Theory and Ohm’s Law. They were really well designed stamps and very accurate in their science.
Eight ways students think about chemical identity
ACCT Admin | Tue, 04/14/2020 - 20:13
Categories of ways that students think about the concept of chemical identity.