Traditional challenge-navigation measures (level choice, replays, careful retries, hint reading, coding time) did not relate to learning outcomes¶

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q2 i? Only challenge-approach measures involving complex code correlated with posttest; measures such as Hards Replayed, Immediate Replays, Careful Hard Retries, Careful Hint Reads, and Coding Time Day 2 did not. → Malkiewich 2016

Evidence¶

Malkiewich 2016¶

Malkiewich, L. J., Lee, A., Slater, S., & Chase, C. C. (2016). Tenacious Assessments: Using In-Game Behaviors to Measure Student Persistence and Challenge Navigation. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Tenacious+Assessments+Using+In-Game+Behaviors

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Authors' summary of the correlation analyses (Table 2): the correlation matrix shows non-significant posttest associations for Immediate Replays, Hards Replayed, Careful Hard Retries, Careful Hint Reads, and Coding Time Day 2, while only complex-code measures reached significance.

"It is important to note that in this study, more traditional measures of challenge navigation (e.g. choosing to play a hard vs. an easy level) and general persistence did not relate to learning outcomes."

Discussion¶

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