The validity of a game-based assessment of persistence

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2568-2572

  Ventura, Matthew ^a   Shute, Valerie ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Formative assessment; Game based assessment; Persistence; Qualitative physics

Indexed keywords

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT; GAME-BASED; GAMEPLAY; LOG FILE; PERSISTENCE; QUALITATIVE PHYSICS; UNSOLVED PROBLEMS; VIDEO GAME;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84880369179     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2013.06.033     Document Type: Article

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