Using Cognitive and Affective Metrics in Educational Simulations and Games: Applications in School and Workplace Contexts

ISBN-13: 9780367243821 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 228 str.

Harold F. O'Neil; Eva L. Baker; Ray S. Perez

Opis

Presenting original studies and rich conceptual analyses, this volume explores how cognitive and affective metrics can be used to effectively assess, modify, and enhance learning and assessment outcomes of simulations and games used in education and training.

Spis treści

Editors’ Preface;  Part I: Cognitive Metrics;  1. Video Games and Higher Cognition;  2. Teaching and Assessing Young Gamers’ Engineering Problem Solving Using Interactive Simulation Games;  3. Adaptation　Evidence From a Digital Physics Game;  Part II: Affective Metrics;  4. Metrics of Motivation in Simulations or Game Environments;  5. Metrics for Engagement in Games and Simulations for Learning;  6. Measuring and Increasing Self-Efficacy in a Game;  7. Measuring and Increasing Interest in a Game;  8. Metrics for Assessment in the Navy Life Game