Content validity of game-based assessment: case study of a serious game for ICT managers in training

Technology, Pedagogy and Education

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 225-240

  Hummel, Hans G K ^a   Joosten ten Brinke, Desirée ^a   Nadolski, Rob J ^a   Baartman, Liesbeth K J ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

content validation method; game scenarios; professional competence; seamless assessment; serious games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976329673     PISSN: 1475939X     EISSN: 17475139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1475939X.2016.1192060     Document Type: Article

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