Poster Information
| Title | Overtly and Stealthily Measuring the Impact of Game Design Elements on the Affective Dimensions of Learning |
| Presenter(s) | Ruth Diones, Ifeoma Chika Iyioke, Spyros Konstantopoulos and David Kanter |
| Session | Conference Reception, Game Exhibition, and Poster Session |
| Time | Thursday, October 18, 7:00p-10:00p |
| Location | East Lansing Technology Innovation Center |
| Format | Poster Presentation |
| Description | This project is investigating the impact of adding gaming elements to a technology-delivered Project Based Science (PBS) genetics curriculum on affective dimensions of learning science. Four interventions are being structured according to varying degrees of gaming. Intervention 1 is a web-delivered PBS curriculum; intervention 2 adds the gaming element of narrative to the curriculum; intervention 3 adds both narrative and the gaming element of competition; and intervention 4 adds narrative, competition, and the final gaming element of community. In turn, the outcomes of motivation, engagement and affect are being measured. Since measurement in itself changes what is being observed, both overt (survey-based) and stealthy (computer-captured) methods will be used, and outcomes compared. This poster will portray the processes being used in this study to develop overt and stealth instruments within a gaming context.
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