Question
What is this module about?

Answer
A significant portion of the time and effort invested in developing an IMMEX problem set includes the prototyping of a model, generally paper, that simulates the menu structure of a potential problem set. PostIt® notes are a great way to individually list, group and re-group ideas for your problem set. Prototyping is foundational to authoring. A solid prototype will lead to a robust problem set, yielding a wonderful diversity of strategy types as varied as your students.

An IMMEX prototype typically consists of:
1. a prolog in the form of a scenario in which the student task is clearly stated;
(For NSF ITEST grant, integrate a problem commonly encountered in a STEM career.)

STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math

2. primary and complementary cascading menu items that students will access to collect evidentiary data;

3. an epilog that summarizes the logic for the solution to the problem investigated.

4. a proposed scoring system, showing total score and score per menu item; and

5. ideas for potential clones/cases, generally 10 or more