21st Century Skills in STEM Workforce Training Assessments

This presentation, created by Louise Yarnall of SRI International, discusses a scenario-based learning approach for teaching STEM technical education. The presentation discusses the following topics: STEM workforce growth areas, how technicians are taught, skills employers seek, a new vision for teaching STEM technical education, and the Scenario-Based Learning (SBL) Project. Information on the SBL project includes the key elements of SBL teaching approach, the role and importance of assessment, assessment design problems, the evidence-centered design process, a brief overview of evidence-centered assessment refection (EC-AR) elements, purpose and findings of EC-AR reflection, and more.