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Barab, Sasha A.; Scott, Brianna; Siyahhan, Sinem; Goldstone, Robert; Ingram-Goble, Adam; Zuiker, Steven J.; Warren, Scott – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2009
Drawing on game-design principles and an underlying situated theoretical perspective, we developed and researched a 3D game-based curriculum designed to teach water quality concepts. We compared undergraduate student dyads assigned randomly to four different instructional design conditions where the content had increasingly level of…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Undergraduate Students, Water Quality, Test Items
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Hickey, Daniel T.; Ingram-Goble, Adam A.; Jameson, Ellen M. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2009
This study used innovative assessment practices to obtain and document broad learning outcomes for a 15-hour game-based curriculum in Quest Atlantis, a multi-user virtual environment that supports school-based participation in socio scientific inquiry in ecological sciences. Design-based methods were used to refine and align the enactment of…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Test Items, Student Evaluation, Achievement Tests