Educators today are increasingly interested in using game-based assessment to assess and support students' learning. The present dissertation study investigated how changing a game design element, linearity in gameplay sequences, influenced the effectiveness of game-based assessment in terms of validity, reliability, fairness, learning, and enjoyment. In this study, two versions of a computer game, Newton's Playground, with different degrees of linearity in gameplay sequences were compared. Investigation of the assessment qualities--validity, reliability, and fairness--suggested that changing one game element could significantly influence how players interacted with the game, thus changing the evidentiary structure of in-game measures. Although there was no significant group difference in terms of learning, participants who played the nonlinear version of the game showed significant improvement on qualitative physics understanding measured by the pre- and posttests. There was also no significant group difference in terms of enjoyment. Implications of the findings for future researchers and game-based assessment designers are discussed. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / Summer Semester, 2014. / July 14, 2014. / Educational games, Evidence-centered design, Game-based assessment, Game-based learning / Includes bibliographical references. / Valerie Shute, Professor Directing Dissertation; Arthur Raney, University Representative; Russell Almond, Committee Member; Fengend Ke, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_253619 |
| Contributors | Kim, Yoon Jeon (authoraut), Shute, Valerie (professor directing dissertation), Raney, Arthur (university representative), Almond, Russell (committee member), Ke, Fengend (committee member), Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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