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Hint systems may negatively impact performance in educational games.
| Content Provider | CiteSeerX |
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| Author | Ballweber, Christy |
| Abstract | Video games are increasingly recognized as a compelling platform for instruction that could be leveraged to teach stu-dents at scale. Hint systems that provide personalized feed-back to students in real time are a central component of many effective interactive learning environments, however little is known about how hints impact player behavior and motiva-tion in educational games. In this work, we study the effec-tiveness of hints by comparing four designs based on success-ful hint systems in intelligent tutoring systems and commer-cial games. We present results from a study of 50,000 stu-dents showing that all four hint systems negatively impacted performance compared to a baseline condition with no hints. These results suggest that traditional hint systems may not translate well into the educational game environment, high-lighting the importance of studying student behavior to un-derstand the impact of new interactive learning technologies. |
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| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Educational Game Hint System Success-ful Hint System Educational Game Environment Many Effective Interactive Learning Environment Baseline Condition Traditional Hint System Compelling Platform New Interactive Learning Technology Impacted Performance Student Behavior Central Component Real Time Video Game Player Behavior Commer-cial Game Present Result |
| Content Type | Text |
