INCLUSIVE EDUCATION PRACTICES FOR TEACHERS AND TRAINERS.pptx
simSchool
1. simSchool
Impacts of Teaching Virtual Students
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2. simSchool
A „flight simulator‟ for
teaching
Uses a computational model of
teaching and learning
Supports practice &
reflection re: teaching
challenges
* Classroom management
* Instructional activity design
* Psychology of learning
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4. 3-Aspect simStudent Personality
(Hidden Variables)
Openness to
learning
Conscientiousness
Extroversion or
introversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism emotional stability
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Visual
Auditory
Kinesthetic
Expected academic
performance
5. Interpersonal Circumplex
(Hidden Variables)
Teachers and
students
interact with
one another by
negotiating
power and
affiliation
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6. Dynamically Generated Profiles
(Observable Variables)
A text database of
personality
elements allows 5
statements per
element
This produces 5 ^
10 or 9.7 million
written profiles
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7. Student Behavior
(Observable Variables)
Body posture offers clues
“I am trying
hard to
complete my work”
Verbal responses reflect
student‟s internal state
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8. What Teachers Do
(Independent Variables)
Select Tasks
Emotional, Physical & Cognitive current states of
students interact with task requirements
A Zone of Proximal Development determines time-tosuccess on task and effects student attitudes
Talk to simStudents
Questions, observations, or assertions about academic
or, behavioral issues
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9. simSchool Theories
Zone of Proximal Development
OCEAN model of psychology
Physical model of sensation-perception
Social Expectation States Theory concerning
tasks
Complex Systems
System dynamics
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10. Zone of Proximal Development
TASK Requirements
Time on Task
ZPD of the STUDENT
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11. Dynamics of Task Completion
Sally
Task
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13. Impacts across studies since 2006
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14. Impacts across studies since 2006 show
increases in:
Instructional Self-Efficacy (confidence in one‟s
competence),
Learner Locus of Control (the teacher‟s sense of
responsibility for learning results)
Teaching Skills (self-estimates)
(Knezek, Fisser, Gibson, Christensen, & Tyler-Wood, 2012)
Pedagogical Balance (confidence viz experience)
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15. Impacts in 2007
Instructional Self-Efficacy gains were significant and
roughly twice as large as gains in the comparison group
Learning Locus of Control movement was noted in the
direction of stronger belief that the teacher can influence a
student‟s achievement potential.
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16. Impacts in 2008
Significant gains (p < .001) in Instructional Self-Efficacy,
with an effect size of .44
Significant gains from pre- to post-assessment in the
Teaching Skills subscale (p < .001), with an effect size of
.44
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17. Impacts in 2011
Gains in Instructional Self-Efficacy (p < .01, one-tailed
hypothesis),
Learning Locus of Control (p < .01, one-tailed)
Teaching Skills (p < .03, one-tailed)
…were sufficiently large (p < .05) to reject the null
hypothesis of occurrence by chance.
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18. Conclusions
Findings reported to date illustrate that simulations are
capable of modeling a wide range of student learning, and
can be envisioned as having significant impacts on
improvements in teaching.
The findings of different gains in treatment versus
comparison group indicators can be interpreted as
evidence that the instruments work and that the simulator
is useful. Further research is needed to verify long-term
impacts of simSchool on teacher quality and K-12 student
learning.
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19. simSchool
Impacts of Teaching Virtual Students
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22.10.2013