Simulations Helping Novices Hone Skills

Krista Vince Garland teaches a science lesson to student avatars in the TeachME Lab at the University of Central Florida.
—University of Central Florida TeachME

The student-teacher faces a rowdy class.

“We’re not going to have that kind of behavior in here,” she says. “It’s too loud in here to move on.”

The students don’t pay much attention. A boy in the back row, wearing a sleeveless T-shirt, slumps his shoulders. Another student...

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