A Game-Based Prosocial Behavior Measurement for Middle School Students – A Usability Study

• In Event: D&D - Ethics Through Game Design, Game-based Prosocial Behavior Measurement

Short Description

vSchool is a game-based prosocial behavior measurement for 4th to 6th-grade students who interact with non-player characters (NPCs) in an afterschool environment. In order to ensure the game functionality aligns with our assessment goals, we conducted a usability study with 6 participants. The findings indicated that we need to consider students' literacy skills, increase the authenticity of the game context (i.e., graphics of characters and the conversation with NPCs) and provide more instructions to explain the tasks.

Authors

• Contributor: Fan Yu, University of Missouri-Columbia

• Contributor: ChenYu Hung, University of Missouri

• Contributor: Christi Bergin, University of Missouri

• Contributor: Joe Griffin, University of Missouri