ASSEssing what players learned in serious games: In situ data collection, information trails, and quantitative anaLYSIS

Proceedings of CGAMES 2007 - 10th International Conference on Computer Games: AI, Animation, Mobile, Educational and Serious Games

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 10-19

  Loh, Christian Sebastian ^a   Anantachai, Arnond ^a   Byun, JaeHwan ^a   Lenox, Joe ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Learning; Quantitative analysis; Serious games

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GAMES; EDUCATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; STUDENTS;

ASSESSMENT; DESIGN FRAMEWORKS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; LEARNING; QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGIES; RANDOM ASSIGNMENT; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; SERIOUS GAMES;

ANIMATION;

EID: 84924916384     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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