Description
- Incorporates several innovative and increasingly popular subject areas, including the gamification of education, assessment, and STEM subjects
- Combines research and authorship from both civilian and military worlds as well as interdisciplinary fields
- Rigorously defines and analyzes the criteria of selecting, designing, implementing, and evaluating emerging educational technologies while offering implications for future use
Table of Contents
List of Contributors
Preface by Harold F. O’Neil, Eva L. Baker, and Ray S. Perez
Section 1: Theory/Framework/Context
Chapter 1: A Framework to Create Effective Learning Games and Simulations by Eva L. Baker and Girlie C. Delacruz
Chapter 2: Computational Issues in Modeling User Behavior in Serious Games by Markus R. Iseli and Rajesh Jha
Chapter 3: A Framework for Validating 21st Century Assessment Tools by Roy Stripling, John J. Lee, and Joseph V. Cohn
Chapter 4: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Serious Games, and the Generalized Intelligent by Arthur C. Graesser, Xiangen Hu, Benjamin D. Nye, and Robert A. Sottilare
Section 2: Assessment
Chapter 5: Using Crowdsourcing as a Formative Evaluation Technique for Game Icons by Ayesha Madni, Gregory K. W. K. Chung, Eva L. Baker, and Noelle C. Griffin
Chapter 6: Lessons Learned From Intelligent Tutoring Research for Simulation by Ray S. Perez, Anna Skinner, and Paul Chatelier
Chapter 7: Measuring Learning in Simulations and Games by Allen Munro
Chapter 8: The Role of Neurobiology in Teaching and Assessing Games by Ray S. Perez, Jason Ralph, and James Niehaus
Section 3: Cognitive/Motivational Issues
Chapter 9: Role of Metacognition in STEM Games and Simulations by Richard E. Mayer
Chapter 10: The Role of Motivation, Affect, and Engagement in Simulation/Game Environments: A Proposed Model by Robert Rueda, Harold F. O’Neil, and Elena Son
Chapter 11: Can Games Facilitate Access to College? By Zoë B. Corwin, Robert W. Danielson, Gisele Ragusa, and William G. Tierney
Section 4: Psychometric Issues
Chapter 12: Inference in Game-Based Assessment by Kristen E. DiCerbo, Robert J. Mislevy, and John T. Behrens
Chapter 13: On the Role of Multilevel Item Response Models in Multisite Evaluation Studies for Serious Games by Li Cai, Kilchan Choi, and Megan Kuhfeld
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