Assessment through Achievement Systems: A Framework for Educational Game Design

Autor/inn/en	Evans, Monica; Jennings, Erin; Andreen, Michael
Titel	Assessment through Achievement Systems: A Framework for Educational Game Design
Quelle	In: International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 1 (2011) 3, S.16-29 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2155-6849
DOI	10.4018/ijgbl.2011070102
Schlagwörter	Educational Games; Measures (Individuals); Learning Motivation; Learner Engagement; Academic Achievement; Classification; Educational Assessment; Creativity; Personality Traits; Problem Solving + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational game; Lernspiel; Messdaten; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Schulleistung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Kreativität; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Problemlösen
Abstract	Educational games have great potential as tools for motivating and engaging students, in addition to teaching learning content and objectives, but have had difficulty proving their potential through traditional means. This article proposes that recent advances in the achievement systems of entertainment games can be used to measure motivation and engagement in educational games, and can serve as a self-assessing tool for both students and teachers. Achievements may also be utilized as a way to measure things that have been traditionally difficult to measure, such as creativity, curiosity, and the nuances of problem-solving ability. This article proposes a structure for categorizing achievements in relation to assessment, and discusses future research directions for achievements as measures of assessment for educational games. The article covers both traditional and non-traditional measures of assessment as they relate to gaming achievement systems, as well as the psychological aspects of achievements and player behavior, good design principles for learning assessment achievements, and potential for achievements as an additional measure of motivational engagement by students. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01