Pre-event skill surveys enable balanced, skill-diverse team formation, but participants reported that more detailed skill screening would have benefited teams¶

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q2 i? Pre-event surveys were used to detect and classify jammers' skills for team creation, yet participants indicated a more detailed skill selection could have benefited the teams. → Contreras-Espinosa 2022

Evidence¶

Contreras-Espinosa 2022¶

Contreras-Espinosa, R.S.; Eguia-Gomez, J.L. (2022). Game Jams as Valuable Tools for the Development of 21st-Century Skills. Sustainability 2022, 14, 2246. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14042246

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Post-event survey and interview data from the three jams. The authors had used a pre-event survey based on Zook and Riedl to classify skills, but "a more detailed screening of participant skills would be necessary", including software proficiency level.

"Participants indicated that a more detailed skill selection in jammers could have benefited the teams."

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