Stealth Assessment and Adaptive Learning in Physics Playground

• In Event: Embracing New Assessment Methods to Enhance Measure and Predict Learning Outcomes

Abstract

The current approach to assessing students has a lot of room for improvement—e.g., there is a gap between assessment and learning. With advances in technology as well as learning and assessment sciences, we can develop engaging learning environments that can accurately measure and support students’ knowledge, skills, and other attributes. Such environments use real-time estimates of students’ competency levels to adapt challenges to students’ ability levels. In this presentation, we describe the adaptivity process in the context of a game called Physics Playground (PP). PP uses stealth assessment and adaptivity to measure and enhance students’ conceptual physics understanding. We conclude by presenting preliminary findings from a recent study we conducted using PP.

Authors

• Valerie J. Shute, Florida State University

• Seyedahmad Rahimi, University of Florida

• Russell Almond, Florida State University