Focal node analysis showed advanced learners' central concepts converged with experts' after the game, while novices' remained divergent¶

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q2 i? Before the game advanced learners shared only one central concept with the experts, while after the game the central concepts of experts and advanced learners converged; novices' central concepts remained divergent from the experts' before and after playing. → Wouters 2011

Evidence¶

Wouters 2011¶

Wouters, P., van der Spek, E. D., & van Oostendorp, H. (2011). Measuring learning in serious games: A case study with structural assessment. Educational Technology Research and Development, 59(6), 741–763. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-010-9183-0

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Focal node analysis (highest degree, median, center node) of averaged PFnets from the case study. The article reports that before the game "only one central concept was shared with the experts" while after the game the central concepts of experts and advanced learners converged.

"Before the game only one central concept was shared with the experts (‘Circu- lation’), while after the game the central concepts of experts and advanced learners con- verged (although distributed differently across the three indices)."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Prior Knowledge — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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