Tailored, Extensible, Automated Mastery Measurement for Actionable Teaching Evaluation (TEAMMATE)
Navy SBIR FY2015.2


Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2015.2
Topic No.: N152-108
Topic Title: Tailored, Extensible, Automated Mastery Measurement for Actionable Teaching Evaluation (TEAMMATE)
Proposal No.: N152-108-0202
Firm: Soar Technology, Inc.
3600 Green Court
Suite 600
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105-2588
Contact: Jeremiah Folsom-Kovarik
Phone: (407) 542-7830
Abstract: We propose to create TEAMMATE, a system that can give individual instructor trainees Tailored, Extensible, Automated Mastery Measurement for Actionable Teaching Evaluation. TEAMMATE will combine low-cost, COTS sensors like a camera and microphone with intelligent software to assess multiple key aspects of verbal and nonverbal communication. Like a peer observer in civilian teacher training, TEAMMATE will watch a trainee practice an instructional task such as introducing a new c
Benefits: TEAMMATE will improve instructor training particularly in those aspects of instruction that are key to inculcating higher-order cognitive skills needed for Small-Unit Decision Making (SUDM). As such, instructors who use TEAMMATE will be more effective and engaging teachers, more mindful in their performance, and more likely to remain as instructors. Since research demonstrates that instructor quality is the strongest predictor of trainee performance, improved instruction will tend to increase SUDM and higher-order cognitive skills across the Marine Corps.

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