Assessing implicit computational thinking in Zoombinis puzzle gameplay

There has been growing interest in assessing computational thinking (CT) across diverse learners beyond the traditional forms of tests and assignments. Learning games offer the potential for innovative, stealth assessments of students' implicit learning from gameplay behaviors. This paper repor...

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Published in:Computers in human behavior Vol. 120; p. 106707
Main Authors: Rowe, Elizabeth, Almeda, Ma Victoria, Asbell-Clarke, Jodi, Scruggs, Richard, Baker, Ryan, Bardar, Erin, Gasca, Santiago
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elmsford Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2021
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:
Classification algorithms
Computational thinking
Implicit learning
Learning
Learning games
Students
Technical education
Computational thinking
Implicit learning
Classification algorithms
Learning games
ISSN:0747-5632, 1873-7692
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Summary:There has been growing interest in assessing computational thinking (CT) across diverse learners beyond the traditional forms of tests and assignments. Learning games offer the potential for innovative, stealth assessments of students' implicit learning from gameplay behaviors. This paper reports on the measurement of implicit CT practices demonstrated by upper elementary- and middle-school students as they play the CT learning game Zoombinis. The process of using the gameplay log data to build valid automated detectors of students' implicit CT practices is discussed. Findings from this study provide implications for analyzing gameplay behaviors at scale, leading to the development of models for the assessment of implicit STEM learning. •Described an emergent approach to the development of game-based learning assessments.•Used data-mining methods to create detectors of students' implicit computational thinking based on gameplay behaviors.•Results showed in-game measures were significantly related to external measures of computational thinking.•Applications of in-game measures as formative computational thinking assessments of teachers and designers.
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ISSN:0747-5632
1873-7692
DOI:10.1016/j.chb.2021.106707