Serious Educational Game Assessment Practical Methods and Models for
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Serious Educational Game Assessment Practical Methods and Models for Educational Games, Simulations and Virtual Worlds
Edited by
Leonard Annetta George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Stephen C. Bronack Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial.................................................................................................................. vii Leonard A. Annetta and Stephen C. Bronack Forward ................................................................................................................... ix Bryan Setser 1. Assessing Gaming, Computer and Scientific Inquiry Self-efficacy in a Virtual Environment .......................................................................................... 1 Diane Jass Ketelhut 2. Self-Regulation within Game-based Learning Environments ......................... 19 John Nietfeld and Lucy R. Shores 3. The Wild West of Assessment: Measuring Aggression and Violence in Video Games ................................................................................................... 43 Christopher J. Ferguson 4. Diagrammatic Inquiry: Rosario is not Virtual and it’s not Reality.................. 57 Owen Kelly 5. Assessing Serious Educational Games: The Development of a Scoring Rubric ............................................................................................................. 75 Leonard A. Annetta, Richard Lamb and Marcus Stone 6. Game Assessment Using the E/E Grid ............................................................ 95 Ricardo Javier Rademacher Mena 7. Assessment Using After-action Review: Without Footage its Fiction .......... 119 Randy Brown 8. Usability and Play Testing: The Often Missed Assessment .......................... 131 Scott Warren, Greg Jones and Lin Lin 9. Change is Constant; The Game is Serious: Managing Change with a Serious Game at One Automotive Company................................................. 147 Kristen Cromer 10. Learning in Virtual Worlds: Assessment Challenges and Opportunities ................................................................................................. 159 Margaret Corbit, Jennifer Wofford and Suzanne Kolodziej v
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