Assessment of Problem Solving Using Simulations

Jan Dickieson, Eva Baker, Wallace Wulfeck, Harold F. O'Neil

• Contents: E.L. Baker, J. Dickieson, W.H. Wulfeck, H.F. O’Neil, Preface. Part I:The Context. E.L. Baker, D. Niemi, G.K.W.K. Chung, Simulations and the Transfer of Problem Solving Knowledge and Skills. A. Lesgold, Assessment to Steer the Course of Learning: Dither in Testing. D. Ketelhut, C. Dede, J. Clarke, B. Nelson, C. Bowman, Studying Situated Learning in a Multi-User Virtual Environment. J.T. Behrens, D. Frezzo, R. Mislevy, M. Kroopnick, D. Wise, Structural, Functional, and Semiotic Symmetries in Simulation-Based Games and Assessments. J.V. Cohn, K.M. Stanney, R.P. Darken, J.A. Sullivan, L.M. Milham, D.L. Jones, K.S. Hale, Training Evaluation of Virtual Environments. J.D. Fletcher, J.E. Morrison, Representing Cognition in Games and Simulations. Part II:Low-Stakes Assessment of Problem Solving. R. Mayer, Problem Solving Assessment in Games and Simulation Environments. H.F. O’Neil, H-H. Chen, R. Wainess, C-Y. Shen, Assessing Problem Solving in Simulation Games. H.F. O’Neil, S-h. Chuang, Measuring Collaborative Problem Solving in Low-Stakes Tasks. R. Molkenthin, K. Breuer, R.D. Tennyson, Real-Time Diagnostics of Problem-Solving Behavior for Business Simulations. Part III:High-Stakes Assessment of Problem Solving.W.H. Wulfeck, S.K. Wetzel-Smith, Use of Visualization Techniques to Improve High-Stakes Problem Solving. R.A. Wisher, Assessing Problem-Solving Performance in High-Stakes Tasks. L.L. Meliza, S.L. Goldberg, Impact of After-Action Review on Learning in Simulation-Based U.S. Army Training. D.H. Andrews, R.T. Nullmeyer, J. Good, P. Fitzgerald, Measurement of Learning Processes in Pilot Simulation. Part IV:Authoring Options. G.K.W.K. Chung, G.C. Delacruz, W.L. Bewley, E.L. Baker, J. Elmore, B. Seely, A Computational Approach to Authoring of Problem-Solving Assessments. T.P. Vendlinski, E.L. Baker, Templates and Objects in Authoring Problem-Solving Assessments.