Jamie N. Mikeska

Jamie Mikeska is a Senior Research Scientist in the K-12 Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Center at ETS. She earned a Ph.D. in curriculum, teaching, and educational policy (emphasis in science education) from Michigan State University in 2010. Her current research focuses on conducting validation studies on assessments of science teachers’ instructional quality and content knowledge for teaching science. This research targets the use of these science teaching quality measures as summative assessments for licensure purposes and as formative assessment tools integrated within teacher education. Prior to graduate school, she taught elementary school for five years in Montgomery County, MD and earned her National Board certification during her tenure as a public-school teacher.

Publications

Preservice Teachers Noticing and Positioning Students as “Knowers” in Equitable Scientific Argumentation-Based Discussions
Preservice Teachers Noticing and Positioning Students as “Knowers” in Equitable Scientific Argumentation-Based Discussions
Amanda Benedict-Chambers, Lauren Madden, Pamela S. Lottero-Perdue, Jamie N. Mikeska, Meredith Park Rogers. © 2023. 14 pages.
This study investigated how preservice elementary teachers' (PSTs) noticed the discourse practices they used to position students and their scientific thinking as they...
Using and Adapting Simulated Teaching Experiences to Support Preservice Teacher Learning
Using and Adapting Simulated Teaching Experiences to Support Preservice Teacher Learning
Jamie N. Mikeska, Jared Webb, Liza Bondurant, Minsung Kwon, Lori Imasiku, Heather N. Domjan, Heather Howell. © 2022. 33 pages.
This chapter provides a set of recommendations for teacher educators interested in using simulated teaching experiences to support teacher learning of pedagogical practice in the...