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Exploring Students' Behavioral Patterns When Playing Educational Games with Learning Supports at Different Timings
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Yang, Xiaotong; Rahimi, Seyedahmad; Fulwider, Curt; Smith, Ginny; Shute, Valerie – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2022
The current study investigated students' gameplay behavioral patterns as a function of in-game learning supports delivery timing when played a computer-based physics game. Our sample included 134 secondary students (M = 14.40, SD = .90) from all over the United States, who were randomly assigned into three conditions: receiving instructional…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Educational Games, Game Based Learning, Problem Solving
The Relationship among Prior Knowledge, Accessing Learning Supports, Learning Outcomes, and Game Performance in Educational Games
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Yang, Xiaotong; Rahimi, Seyedahmad; Shute, Valerie; Kuba, Renata; Smith, Ginny; Alonso-Fernández, Cristina – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
In-game learning supports aim to help students solve game levels (i.e., game-related supports), and connect to underlying content (i.e., content-related and hybrid supports). Students with different levels of prior knowledge may have different needs for in-game supports. In this study, we designed a 2D physics game with game-related,…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Educational Games, Game Based Learning, High School Students
Designing and Validating a Stealth Assessment for Calculus Competencies
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Smith, Ginny; Shute, Valerie; Muenzenberger, Amber – Journal of Applied Testing Technology, 2019
The following research focuses on Game-Based Learning (GBL) for assessment through the lens of designing and validating a stealth assessment for the calculus game Variant: Limits™. The process of using Evidence-Centered Design (ECD) to create a valid assessment is highlighted through the development of a competency model and scoring rubrics. A…
Descriptors: Calculus, Game Based Learning, Student Evaluation, College Students
Using the First Principles of Instruction and Multimedia Learning Principles to Design and Develop In-Game Learning Support Videos
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Kuba, Renata; Rahimi, Seyedahmad; Smith, Ginny; Shute, Valerie; Dai, Chih-Pu – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
Over three years, our research team has designed various learning supports for promoting content knowledge and solving game levels. In this case study, we examined the optimal design and the evaluation of learning support videos for a physics educational game. Often studies focus on investigating the effects of research-based principles without a…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Game Based Learning, Physics, Educational Principles
Using the First Principles of Instruction and Multimedia Learning Principles to Design and Develop In-Game Learning Support Videos
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Kuba, Renata; Rahimi, Seyedahmad; Smith, Ginny; Shute, Valerie J.; Dai, Chih-Pu – Grantee Submission, 2021
Over three years, our research team has designed various learning supports for promoting content knowledge and solving game levels. In this case study, we examined the optimal design and the evaluation of learning support videos for a physics educational game. Often studies focus on investigating the effects of research-based principles without a…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Game Based Learning, Physics, Educational Principles
The Use and Effects of Incentive Systems on Learning and Performance in Educational Games
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Rahimi, Seyedahmad; Shute, Valerie; Kuba, Renata; Dai, Chih-Pu; Yang, Xiaotong; Smith, Ginny; Alonso Fernández, Cristina – Grantee Submission, 2021
We examined the use and effectiveness of an incentive system--one of the five elements of a theory-based motivational architecture in educational games that we proposed--in a computer-based physics game on students' learning and performance. The incentive system's purpose was to motivate students to access learning supports designed to facilitate…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Incentives, Student Motivation, Program Effectiveness