The literature around the use, efficacy and design of educational games and game-based
learning approaches has been building up gradually and in phases, across different …

There is a consensus that serious games have a significant potential as a tool for instruction.
However, their effectiveness in terms of learning outcomes is still understudied mainly due to …

In this article we argue that to study or apply games as learning environments, multiple
perspectives have to be taken into account. We first define game-based learning and …

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in using the methods of educational data
mining (EDM) and learning analytics (LA) to study and measure learner cognition. In this …

Although there is a consensus on the instructional potential of S erious G ames (SG s), there
is still a lack of methodologies and tools not only for design but also to support analysis and …

Creativity has been of research interest to psychologists dating back many decades, and is
currently recognized as one of the essential skills needed to succeed in our complex …

Video games have become one of the largest entertainment industries, and their power to
capture the attention of players worldwide soon prompted the idea of using games to …

We used stealth assessment, embedded in a game called Use Your Brainz (a slightly
modified version of Plants vs. Zombies 2), to measure middle-school students' problem …

This chapter is about stealth assessment: what it is, why it's needed, and how to accomplish
it effectively. To make the ideas come alive, I provide two examples of stealth assessment in …

Several key developments challenge the field of educational measurement today: demands
for tests at larger scales with higher stakes, an improved understanding of how people …