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Objective distance (OD) model for real-time competency measurement

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The study adapts Chaichumpa and Temdee's (2018) objective distance model to compute learners' CT competency in real time during iThinkSmart gameplay. As the article states, "OD measures the distance between the expected/satisfactory learner's score ( S i) and the current learner's score ( C i ), mainly used to provide personalized support and intelligent feedback to a learner." The formula uses the satisfactory score, current score, and total score for each instance of a learning object. In this study, the total weighted score and satisfactory score were defined in the system while the player's current score was obtained during gameplay, and control-group Kahoot! data were manually computed with the same formula.

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  • Objective distance (OD) model for computing learners' CT competency during gameplay: The study adapts Chaichumpa and Temdee's (2018) objective distance model to compute learners' CT competency in real time during iThinkSmart gameplay. As the article states, "OD measures the distance between the expected/satisfactory learner's score ( S i) and the current learner's score ( C i ), mainly used to provide personalized support and intelligent feedback to a learner." The formula uses the satisfactory score, current score, and total score for each instance of a learning object. In this study, the total weighted score and satisfactory score were defined in the system while the player's current score was obtained during gameplay, and control-group Kahoot! data were manually computed with the same formula. (Friday Joseph Agbo et al. (2023))

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  • Friday Joseph Agbo, Solomon Sunday Oyelere, Jarkko Suhonen, Markku Tukiainen. (2023). Design, development, and evaluation of a virtual reality game-based application to support computational thinking. Education Tech Research Dev 71:505–537. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-022-10161-5
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title Objective distance (OD) model for real-time competency measurement
description The study adapts Chaichumpa and Temdee's (2018) objective distance model to compute learners' CT competency in real time during iThinkSmart gameplay.
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