Learning to Diagnose with Simulations Examples from Teacher Education and Medical Education

• Main Author: Frank Fischer, Ansgar Opitz
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Nature 2022; Springer International Publishing; Springer International Publishing AG; Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Careers guidance; developmental and learning disorders; Diagnosing primary school children’s mathematical competences; EDUCATION; Educational psychology; Higher education, tertiary education; Industrial or vocational training; Instructional quality of biology lessons; Learning diagnostic competences with simulations; Mathematical argumentation skills in secondary school; Nonfiction; Open Access; Society and Social Sciences; Students’ behavioral; Teacher training; Teaching of a specific subject

This open access book presents 8 novel approaches to measure and improve diagnostic competences with simulation. The book compares the effects of interventions on these diagnostic competences in both teacher and medical education. It includes analyses showing that important aspects of diagnostic com...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 5: Diagnosing 6th Graders´ Understanding of Decimal Fractions: Fostering Mathematics Pre-Service Teachers´ Diagnostic ... -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Diagnosing Mathematical Understanding in Direct Teacher-Student Interaction -- 5.1.2 Role-Play-Based Simulations to Foster Diagnostic Competences -- 5.2 A Role-Play-Based Simulation of Diagnostic One-on-One Interviews -- 5.2.1 Selection of the Diagnostic Situation -- 5.2.2 Use Scenarios for the Simulation -- 5.2.3 Overview of the Simulation -- 5.2.4 Development of Simulation Materials -- 5.2.5 Training Actors to Play Standardized Students -- 5.2.6 Measures Derived from the Simulation -- 5.3 Ensuring a Suitable Approximation of Practice -- 5.4 Conclusions and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 6: Diagnosing the Instructional Quality of Biology Lessons Based on Staged Videos: Developing DiKoBi, A Video-Based Si... -- 6.1 Diagnosing in the Teaching Context -- 6.2 Theoretical Background -- 6.2.1 Teachers´ Professional Knowledge -- 6.2.2 Situation-Specific Skills for Diagnosing -- 6.2.3 Instructional Quality in Biology Lessons -- 6.2.4 Scaffolds for Facilitating Diagnostic Competences -- 6.3 Research Questions and Objectives -- 6.4 Video-Based Simulation -- 6.4.1 Development of Staged Videos -- 6.4.2 Use of Simulation and Diagnostic Process -- 6.4.3 Generating Data with DiKoBi -- 6.5 Validation of DiKoBi as a Measurement Instrument -- 6.6 Interdisciplinary Collaboration -- 6.7 Conclusion and Possible Applications -- References -- Chapter 7: Learning to Diagnose Secondary School Students´ Scientific Reasoning Skills in Physics and Biology: Video-Based Sim... -- 7.1 Scientific Reasoning as a Cross-Domain Skill -- 7.1.1 The Role of Teachers´ Diagnostic Competences for the Development of Learners´ Scientific Reasoning Skills -- 7.1.2 Collaborative Diagnosis of Scientific Reasoning Skills
• Intro -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Learning to Diagnose with Simulations: Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2: A Theoretical Framework for Fostering Diagnostic Competences with Simulations in Higher Education -- 2.1 Theoretical Overview -- 2.1.1 Instructional Support in Facilitating Competences -- 2.1.2 Simulations in Medical and Teacher Education -- 2.2 Model Description -- 2.2.1 Professional Knowledge Base -- 2.2.2 Individual Learners´ Characteristics -- 2.2.3 Diagnostic Activities -- 2.2.4 Diagnostic Quality: Accuracy and Efficiency -- 2.2.5 Simulations as Instructional Method -- 2.2.6 Explicit Presentation of Information -- 2.2.7 Scaffolding -- 2.2.8 The Nature of the Diagnostic Situation -- 2.2.9 Domain -- 2.3 Evidence from a Meta-Analysis -- 2.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Learning to Diagnose Primary Students´ Mathematical Competence Levels and Misconceptions in Document-Based Simulati... -- 3.1 Diagnosing as a Key for Adaptive Teaching -- 3.2 Learning from Other Disciplines About Supporting Diagnostic Processes in Simulated Learning Environments -- 3.3 Diagnosing Based on Students´ Solutions -- 3.4 Supporting Diagnosing in a Simulated Environment -- 3.5 Development of the Simulated Environment -- 3.6 Operating Principle of the Environment -- 3.7 Preliminary Findings -- 3.8 Conclusion, Discussion, and Outlook -- References -- Chapter 4: Diagnosing Mathematical Argumentation Skills: A Video-Based Simulation for Pre-Service Teachers -- 4.1 Diagnosing Based on Student Observation -- 4.2 Simulation as a Model of Reality -- 4.3 Mathematical Argumentation Skills -- 4.4 Guiding Questions in Designing the Simulation -- 4.5 Conceptualization of the Scripted Videos -- 4.6 Design of the Simulation -- 4.7 Discussion and Outlook -- References
• 10.3 Developing a Simulation to Investigate Collaborative Diagnostic Competences and Their Facilitation -- 10.4 The Simulation -- 10.5 Validation of the Simulation -- 10.6 Further Questions for Research -- 10.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Conclusions and Outlook: Toward more Systematic Research on the Use of Simulations in Higher Education -- 11.1 What Processes are Central for Generating Desired Learning Outcomes in Simulations Aimed at Diagnostic Competences? -- 11.2 How Can Learners in Simulations be Supported in Optimizing Learning Outcomes? -- 11.3 Which Variables Mediate or Moderate the Effects of Instructional Support? -- 11.4 How Can the Simulations be Adapted to Fit Learners´ Needs? -- 11.5 Overview of Future Contributions and their Potential Impact -- References -- Index
• 7.1.3 Simulations as a Learning Opportunity -- 7.1.4 Video-Based Simulations for Pre-Service Teachers´ Diagnosis of Students´ Scientific Reasoning Skills -- 7.1.5 Measuring Pre-Service Teachers´ Diagnostic Activities and the Quality of Their Diagnoses of Students´ Scientific Reasoni... -- 7.1.6 Research on (Support for) Pre-Service Teachers´ Diagnosis of Students´ Scientific Reasoning Skills in Video-Based Simula... -- References -- Chapter 8: Learning to Diagnose Students´ Behavioral, Developmental, and Learning Disorders in a Simulation-Based Learning Env... -- 8.1 Competence Goals in Higher Education -- 8.2 Teachers´ Diagnosing of Their Students´ Psychological Problems -- 8.3 Interdisciplinary Setting -- 8.4 Simulation Description -- 8.5 Feedback Description -- 8.6 Training of an NLP Algorithm -- 8.7 Outlook -- 8.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Live and Video Simulations of Medical History-Taking: Theoretical Background, Design, Development, and Validation o... -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Theoretical Background -- 9.2.1 Definition and Models of the Medical Interview -- 9.2.2 Diagnostic Competences in the Medical Interview -- 9.2.3 Simulation-Based Learning and Assessment of History-Taking -- 9.2.4 Design, Development and Validation Process Objectives and Research Questions -- 9.2.5 Simulation Design and Development -- 9.2.6 Test Design and Development -- 9.2.7 Cooperation with Other Projects -- 9.2.8 Validation Process -- 9.2.9 Conclusion Summary -- 9.2.10 Open Questions for Research -- References -- Chapter 10: Diagnosing Collaboratively: A Theoretical Model and a Simulation-Based Learning Environment -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Collaborative Diagnostic Competences -- 10.2.1 CDR Model: Collaborative Diagnostic Reasoning -- 10.2.2 The Development of Collaborative Diagnostic Reasoning