Persuade: An Epistemic Game Based on Political Media Campaigns (Poster 43)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Eight
  In Poster Session: Cognitive and Motivational Processes: Poster Session Two

Abstract

Persuade is a technology-rich simulation that engages high school students in current, controversial, public policy issues by placing them in the role of a political communications consultant. We piloted Persuade with eight teachers and 127 students in Virginia and Wisconsin to explore: (1) What changes in students’ self-efficacy, interest, and knowledge for civic engagement emerge from pre- to post-intervention; and (2) to what degree do changes in self-efficacy and interest vary as a function of students’ perception of an autonomy-supportive classroom climate? We found that students’ self-efficacy and knowledge grew over the 2-week curriculum. Especially notable, is that gains in self-efficacy varied somewhat by students’ perceptions of how autonomy-supportive their classroom climate was.

Authors

• Jason A. Chen, College of William & Mary
  Presenting Author

• Michael Shane Tutwiler, University of Rhode Island
  Non-Presenting Author

• Jeremy D. Stoddard, University of Wisconsin - Madison
  Non-Presenting Author

• Derek Behnke, University of Wisconsin - Madison
  Non-Presenting Author

• Jais Brohinsky, University of Wisconsin - Madison
  Non-Presenting Author