The Relationship Between Scripting and Student Data Collection Behaviors in a Multiuser Virtual Environment

• In Event: 60.084 - Roundtable Session 20
  In Roundtable Session: 60.084-1 - Frameworks for Evaluating Student Learning in Immersive Environments

Abstract

This is a study in progress. Students using complex curricula involving group work and distributed inferences are often aided in group formation, member interaction, and overall completion of tasks by scripts embedded within the curricula (Dillenbourg, 2002). In this study, we will utilize the time-stamped log-file data generated by students working in groups inside of a multi-user virtual environment. The data will be analyzed using an Individual Growth Modeling framework (Singer & Willett, 2003) to determine if students in an unscripted scenario of the environment demonstrate more authentic scientific inquiry skills than their peers in the scripted scenario.

Authors

• Megan M. Powell, Harvard University

• Michael Shane Tutwiler, Harvard University

• Tina A. Grotzer, Harvard University

• Shari J. Metcalf, Harvard University

• Amy M. Kamarainen, Harvard Graduate School of Education

• Christopher J. Dede, Harvard University