Challenge-Based Learning: Influence of the Enterprise Immersive Learning Environment on Grades 7-12 Students’ STEM Related Learning Outcomes

• In Event: DELT- Learning Environments and Informal Learning (h)

Short Description

The influence of an immersive simulated learning environment on 3,695 Grades 7-12 students’ STEM-related learning outcomes was the focus of this study. The Enterprise is a simulated aircraft carrier where students engage in challenge-based learning as triads and as an entire squadron. The pretest/posttest instrument consisted of a 20-item multiple-choice test and results indicate significant differences in several outcomes. Implications for these types of environments and considerations for the future will be discussed.

Authors

• Contributor: William Crawley, University of West Florida

• Contributor: John Pecore, University of West Florida

• Presenter: Byron Havard, University of West Florida