Debriefing Questions for Students and Teachers
Teachers:
In an effort to continually improve the quality of the CPIN simulation as a tool for Connecticut’s teachers and students, please take a few moments to answer the following questions concerning the simulation. Your responses will help us to address those issues that need to be worked upon, as well as to leave well enough alone those parts of the program which have proven to be most effective.
Was the simulation a useful part of your curriculum?
In what ways did the simulation highlight specific points or ideas that you had gone over in the classroom?
In what ways could the simulation be improved so that it could be a more useful teaching aid?
How much of a limitation or liberation was the technology of both the simulation and your own classroom computer resources?
What issue areas or topics that were not covered in this semester’s agenda would you like to see incorporated into future simulations? Which issue areas or topics do you think were not helpful in this semester’s simulation?
Do you think that you will use the simulation as a course aid again in the future? If so, how has it been helpful? If not, what parts of the simulation were the least useful or helpful?
Do you have any other comments or recommendations that you would like to make regarding this or future simulations?
Students:
Thank you for your participation in the Connecticut Project in International Negotiations. This year’s simulation was one of the most dynamic and successful simulations that we have had in the seven years of the program. That success is due to the intelligence and preparedness that you, the students, brought to this year’s simulation. But we would like to make things even better for those students who will be participating in the program in the future. It would therefore be helpful to us if you could take a few minutes to respond to these questions about the program. Thank you for your time, and good luck to you in your future endeavors.
In what ways was the simulation realistic? In what ways was the simulation unrealistic?
What did you learn from the simulation experience?
How does the simulation experience relate to other things discussed in this class? How does it relate to other classes you have now or have had in the past?
What issues in the simulation were also raised by your teachers in the classroom? What issues or topics in the simulation were new to you?
What was the impact of the simulation’s technology on your learning experience?
What did you like best about the simulation? What did you like the least?
Would you recommend that other students take a class with a simulation like this one? If so, what does the simulation have to offer to students? If not, why?
What changes would you suggest making to the simulation to make it more realistic or more useful in your classroom?
Do you have any other comments or suggestions that would help improve the simulation in the future?