Designing Simulations for Eliciting Student Thinking: Is It Possible to Design a Comprehensive Student Profile?

• In Event: 34.096 - MTCC Roundtable Session 12
  In Roundtable Session: 34.096-3 - Teacher Preparation Through Multiple Media

Abstract

Prior work has shown that teaching simulations are valid and fair ways to assess novices’ skills with eliciting student thinking. In this study, we sought to explore a fundamental question about the use of simulations, that is, whether it is possible to design a student profile that sufficiently covers the breadth of questions that preservice teachers might ask during an interaction. Our results reveal that it is possible. Implications are discussed.

Authors

• Meghan M. Shaughnessy, University of Michigan

• Susanna Farmer, University of Michigan

• Rosalie DeFino, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

• Timothy A. Boerst, University of Michigan