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LEARNING AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN A SYNTHETIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
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TitleLEARNING AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY IN A SYNTHETIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
AuthorGreenwood-Ericksen, Adams
Keywordsvideo games
learning
simulation
synthetic learning environments
education
history
african-american
metacognitive bias
AbstractSynthetic Learning Environments (SLEs) represent a hybrid of simulations and games, and in addition to their pedagogical content, rely on elements of story and interactivity to drive engagement with the learning material. The present work examined the differential impact of varying levels of story and interactivity on learning. The 2x2 between subjects design tested learning and retention among 4 different groups of participants, each receiving one of the 4 possible combinations of low and high levels of story and interactivity. Objective assessments of participant performance yielded the unexpected finding that learners using the SLE performed more poorly than any other learning group, including the gold-standard baseline. This result is made even more surprising by the finding that participants rated their enjoyment of and performance in that condition highest among the four conditions in the experiment. This apparent example of metacognitive bias has important implications for understanding how affect, narrative structure, and interactivity impact learning tasks, particularly in synthetic learning environments.
AdviserHancock, Peter
PublisherUniversity of Central Florida
DegreePh.D.
Degree DisciplineDepartment of Psychology
Degree GrantorSciences
Degree ProgramPsychology PhD
Graduation Date2008-01-01
TypeDoctoral dissertation
Access LevelPublic - Allow Worldwide Access
Release Date2008-06-03
RepositoryUniversity Archives
Repository CollectionElectronic Theses and Dissertations
IdentifierCFE0002087
Access Linkhttp://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002087

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