Practice-Based Teacher Questioning Strategy Training with ELK: A Role-Playing Simulation for Eliciting Learner Knowledge
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Wang, Xu; Thompson, Meredith; Yang, Kexin; Roy, Dan; Koedinger, Kenneth R; Rose, Carolyn P; Reich, Justin; ... Show more Show less
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<jats:p>Practice is essential for learning. However, for many interpersonal skills, there often are not enough opportunities and venues for novices to repeatedly practice. Role-playing simulations offer a promising framework to advance practice-based professional training for complex communication skills, in fields such as teaching. In this work, we introduce ELK (Eliciting Learner Knowledge), a role-playing simulation system that helps K-12 teachers develop effective questioning strategies to elicit learners' prior knowledge. We evaluate ELK with 75 pre-service teachers through a mixed-method study. We find that teachers demonstrate a modest increase in effective questioning strategies and develop sympathy towards students after using ELK for 3 rounds. We implement a supplementary activity in ELK in which users evaluate transcripts generated from past role-play sessions. We have tentative evidence that a combination of role-play and evaluating conversation moves may be more effective for learning. We contribute design implications of using role-play systems for communication strategy training.</jats:p>
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2021Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Comparative Media Studies/WritingJournal
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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Wang, Xu, Thompson, Meredith, Yang, Kexin, Roy, Dan, Koedinger, Kenneth R et al. 2021. "Practice-Based Teacher Questioning Strategy Training with ELK: A Role-Playing Simulation for Eliciting Learner Knowledge." Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 5 (CSCW1).
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