Building Engaging Games for Learning AND Assessment
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The document discusses the integration of game-based assessment in learning, emphasizing the need for collaboration among assessment experts, content specialists, and game designers. It outlines key elements of an effective assessment system, including domain and student models, task models, and evidence models. Additionally, it raises critical questions regarding the effectiveness and scalability of measurement models in educational assessments.
Building Engaging Games for Learning AND Assessment
- 1. Kristen DiCerbo, Ph.D. Vice-President, Education Research @KristenDiCerbo July 2017 Image by Ruben Alvarado Building Engaging Games for Learning and Assessment
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- 4. The ability to capture data from everyday events should fundamentally change how we think about learning and assessment. 4
- 5. New Ways of Thinking 5 Item Paradigm Activity Paradigm Problem Formulation Items pose questions Activities request action Output Items have answers Activities have features Interpretation Items indicate correctness Activities provide attributes Information Items provide focused information Activities provide multi-dimensional information
- 6. Some Things We’ve Figured Out 6 You need assessment experts, content experts, and game designers
- 7. Some Things We’ve Figured Out 7 Evidence-Centered Design works… sort of
- 8. Some Things We’ve Figured Out 8 The process must be iterative
- 9. Some Things We’ve Figured Out 9 Think About Systems
- 11. Domain and Student Models 11
- 12. Task Model 12
- 13. Evidence Model – Evidence Identification and Scoring 13
- 14. Evidence Model – Evidence Identification and Scoring 14 Student Time Attempts Mean Space Median Space Min Space
- 15. Evidence Model – Evidence Accumulation 15
- 16. Communication 16
- 17. Some Things We Haven’t Figured Out 17 ■ Despite promises of “hundreds of data points,” we always end up with relatively few in our measurement models. Why is that? ■ How do we define evidence for validity and reliability? ■ How do we scale development? ▪ Costs ▪ Time ▪ Staff