Systems-based reasoning and understanding feedback correlate moderately with discussion of the priest talent tree¶
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q2 i3 The only moderately strong and non-obvious relationship between scientific habits of mind codes and WoW content codes was between systems-based reasoning (and understanding feedback) and discussion of the priest talent tree (r = 0.48 and 0.42, respectively). → Constance Steinkuehler 2008
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Constance Steinkuehler 2008¶
Constance Steinkuehler, Sean Duncan. (2008). Scientific Habits of Mind in Virtual Worlds. J Sci Educ Technol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-008-9120-8
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Correlational analysis relating scientific habits of mind codes to WoW content codes found the relationship named in the quote: "systems-based reasoning (and its concomitant ''understanding feedback'') and discussion of the priest ''talent tree''" at r = 0.48 and 0.42. Talent-tree allocation poses a limited-resource optimization problem across variables with mathematical relationships to avatar characteristics.
"the only moderately strong and non-obvious relationship between the two was between systems-based reasoning (and its concomitant ''understanding feedback'') and discussion of the priest ''talent tree'' ( r = 0.48 and 0.42, respectively)"
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Related Claims¶
- Over half of WoW forum posts evince systems-based reasoning, most also showing understanding of feedback among system components — related
- Poster character level shows no relationship with the quality or quantity of coded scientific habits of mind, apart from a mild negative correlation with social banter — related
- 86% of World of Warcraft forum posts constitute social knowledge construction rather than social banter — related
- Model-based reasoning appears in about one tenth of WoW forum posts, with model testing, mathematical modeling, and explicit computation progressively rarer — related
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Systems-based reasoning and understanding feedback correlate moderately with discussion of the priest talent tree |
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Systems-based reasoning and understanding feedback correlate moderately with discussion of the priest talent tree |
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