Towards automated formative evaluation of teachers' facilitation of simulated science discussions

• In Event: GSIC Poster Session II

Abstract

Effectively facilitating students’ discussions while encouraging them to engage with each other’s ideas is a difficult skill to master for teachers. In the context of simulated science discussions for developing this skill, we developed an automated system to assess the teacher’s performance as well as provide positive examples as feedback.

Authors

• Michael Ilagan

• Jamie N. Mikeska, ETS

• Beata Beigman Klebanov, EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE