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Title: 'Unnatural How Natural It Was': Using a Performance Task and Simulated Classroom for Preservice Secondary Teachers to Practice Engaging Student Avatars in Scientific Argumentation
Language: English
Authors: Mikeska, Jamie N., Shekell, Calli, Dix, Jennifer, Lottero-Perdue, Pamela S.
Source: Journal of Technology and Teacher Education. Nov 2022 30(3):341-376.
Availability: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. P.O. Box 719, Waynesville, NC 28786. Tel: 828-246-9558; Fax: 828-246-9557; e-mail: info@aace.org; Web site: http://www.aace.org
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 36
Publication Date: 2022
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Contract Number: 2037983
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Secondary Education
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Virtual Classrooms, Science Process Skills, Persuasive Discourse, Technology Uses in Education, Classroom Communication, Task Analysis, Computer Simulation
ISSN: 1059-7069
1943-5924
Abstract: Facilitating discussions is a key approach that science teachers use to engage students in scientific argumentation. However, learning how to facilitate argumentation-focused discussions is an ambitious teaching practice that can be difficult to learn how to do well, especially for preservice teachers (PSTs) who typically have limited opportunities to tryout and refine this teaching practice. This study examines secondary PSTs' perceptions and engagement with a science performance task--used within an online, simulated classroom consisting of five middle school student avatars--to practice this ambitious teaching practice. Findings showed that the PSTs had a strong understanding of the discussion's primary goal and perceived the task components to be easy to understand, useful in helping them prepare for the simulated discussion, and an authentic representation of what middle school students would say and do. In addition, while the PSTs attended to similar content and pedagogical features within their facilitated discussion, they varied in their ability to successfully facilitate the discussion. This study adds to the growing literature on innovative, technology-based solutions for supporting teacher learning and points to one productive approach that can be incorporated within science teacher education as an approximation of practice of this ambitious teaching practice.
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Entry Date: 2023
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