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David Williamson Shaffer
  Professor of Learning Science

David Williamson Shaffer is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the Department of Educational Psychology and a Game Scientist at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. His most recent book is How Computer Games Help Children Learn. Contact Information dws@education.wisc.edu Phone: (608) 890-3443 Office: 499E Ed Sciences Website: http://epistemicgames.org/dws Current Projects AutoMentor: Virtual Mentoring and Assessment in Computer Games for STEM Learning DIP: Examining the Potential for Synergy or Negative Transfer when Students Learn from Multiple STEM Learning Games Measuring Complex STEM Thinking Using Epistemic Network Analysis TUES-Type 2: First Year Virtual Internships to Increase Persistence of Underrepresented Groups in Engineering: RescuShell and its parent company RescuTek Using a Virtual Engineering Internship to Model the Complexity of Engineering Design Problems Completed Projects CAREER: Alternate Routes to Technology and Science (ARTS) EAGER Proposal for Research in Measurement and Modeling: Dynamic STEM Assessment through Epistemic Network Analysis Professional Practice Simulations for Engaging, Educating and Assessing Undergraduate Engineers REU Supplement to EAGER Proposal for Reseearch in Measurement and Modeling: Dynamic STEM Assessment Through Epistemic Network Analysis