Innovative Assessment for the 21st Century
Supporting Educational Needs
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Stealth assessment: a theoretically grounded and psychometrically sound method to assess, support, and investigate learning in technology-rich environments
Research fields related to learning (e.g., educational technology and learning sciences) have historically focused on what questions using traditional methods (e.g., comparing different learning tools and methods...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
CPSCoach: The Design and Implementation of Intelligent Collaborative Problem Solving Feedback
We present the design of CPSCoach, a fully-automated system that assesses and provides feedback on collaborative problem solving (CPS) competencies during remote collaborations. We leveraged existing data to d...
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The Design, Development, and Testing of Learning Supports for the Physics Playground Game
In honor of Jim Greer, we share our recent work—a design and development study of various learning supports embedded within the game Physics Playground. This 2-dimensional computer game is designed to help studen...
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Assessing Problem-Solving Skills in Game-Based Immersive Environments
According to Pearson’s Law: “That which is measured improves.” But some important constructs, like problem-solving skill, are generally viewed as very difficult to measure for a variety of reasons (e.g., lack ...
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Assessing Problem-Solving Skills in Game-Based Immersive Environments
According to Pearson’s Law: “That which is measured improves.” But some important constructs, like problem-solving skill, are generally viewed as very difficult to measure for a variety of reasons (e.g., lack ...
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Improving Learning Through Stealth Assessment of Conscientiousness
In this chapter, we describe the importance of assessing and develo** conscientiousness in students and how we are approaching this challenge. After discussing the benefits conscientiousness has for learning...
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Measuring Problem Solving Skills in Portal 2
While many researchers believe that problem solving skills can be improved via video gameplay, few empirical studies support the claim. This chapter describes a research project intended to bridge this gap. We...
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Formative and Stealth Assessment
Assessing generally refers to the process of gathering information about a person relative to specific competencies and other attributes, in formal or informal learning contexts. This should lead to valid and ...
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Games, Learning, and Assessment
Learning in games has historically been assessed indirectly and/or in a post hoc manner. What’s needed instead is real-time assessment and support of learning based on the dynamic needs of players. We need to ...
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Prelude: Assessment for the 21st Century
We recently hosted an assessment symposium at Florida State University which served as the basis for this book and focused on how to integrate assessment and instruction to improve student learning and educati...
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Epilogue: Achieving Quality 21st Century Assessment
In this chapter we describe three themes drawn from the chapters in our book. We first point out how our authors describe ways for assessment to capitalize on advances in technology. Then we discuss how assess...
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Modeling, Assessing, and Supporting Key Competencies Within Game Environments
The first challenge of accomplishing the goals of any successful instructional system depends on accurately identifying characteristics of a particular learner or group of learners – such as the type and level...
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Model-Based Methods for Assessment, Learning, and Instruction: Innovative Educational Technology at Florida State University
In this chapter, we describe our research and development efforts relating to eliciting, representing, and analyzing how individuals and small groups conceptualize complex problems. The methods described herei...
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Using an Evidence-Based Approach to Assess Mental Models
This chapter describes a new idea for the design and development of assessments for mental models using “flexible belief networks” (FBNs). The idea involves joining and extending two assessment approaches—evid...
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Formative Evaluation of an Automated Knowledge Elicitation and Organization Tool
This chapter serves three purposes. First, we briefly review knowledge representations to stress the implications of different knowledge types on instruction and assessment. Second, we describe a novel cogniti...
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Book and Conference Proceedings
Intelligent Tutoring Systems
4th International Conference, ITS’ 98 San Antonio, Texas, USA, August 16–19, 1998 Proceedings
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Chapter and Conference Paper
My Knowledge of Knowledge
Intelligent tutoring systems contain a lot of knowledge; they have to know what to teach, as well as when and how to teach it, tailored for each learner. The general goal of my talk is to discuss two programs ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Deconstructing a Computer-Based Tutor: Striving for Better Learning Efficiency in Stat Lady
This paper is a prospective report of an ongoing design project involving a computer-based tutoring system called Stat Lady (Shute & Gluck, 1994). Previous studies have shown considerable improvement on curriculu...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
DNA — Uncorking the Bottleneck in Knowledge Elicitation and Organization
There are two main purposes of this paper. First, we describe a novel cognitive tool that was designed to aid in knowledge elicitation and organization for instructional purposes — specifically to be used for ...
