It’s Good to Explore: Investigating Silver Pathways and the Role of Frustration During Game-Based Learning

Nidhi Nasiar; Andres F. Zambrano; Jaclyn Ocumpaugh; Stephen Hutt; Alexis Goslen; Jonathan Rowe; James Lester; Nathan Henderson; Eric Wiebe; Kristy Boyer; Bradford Mott

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-36336-8_77

It’s Good to Explore: Investigating Silver Pathways and the Role of Frustration During Game-Based Learning

Nidhi Nasiar
, Andres F. Zambrano
, Jaclyn Ocumpaugh
, Stephen Hutt
, Alexis Goslen
, Jonathan Rowe
, James Lester
, Nathan Henderson
, Eric Wiebe
, Kristy Boyer
, Bradford Mott

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Abstract

Game-based learning offers rich learning opportunities, but open-ended games make it difficult to identify struggling students. Prior work compares student paths to a single expert’s “golden path.” This effort focuses on efficiency, but additional pathways may be required for learning. We examine data from middle schoolers who played Crystal Island, a learning game for microbiology. Results show higher learning gains for students with exploratory behaviors, with interactions between prior knowledge and frustration. Results have implications for designing adaptive scaffolding for learning and affective regulation.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium and Blue Sky - 24th International Conference, AIED 2023, Proceedings
Editors	Ning Wang, Genaro Rebolledo-Mendez, Vania Dimitrova, Noboru Matsuda, Olga C. Santos
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	497-503
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9783031363351
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36336-8_77
State	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education , AIED 2023 Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium and Blue Sky - Tokyo, Japan Duration: Jul 3 2023 → Jul 7 2023

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Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	1831 CCIS
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

Conference

Conference	24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education , AIED 2023 Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium and Blue Sky
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Tokyo
Period	7/3/23 → 7/7/23

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© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

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SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

Game-based learning
frustration
pathways

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Nasiar, N., Zambrano, A. F., Ocumpaugh, J., Hutt, S., Goslen, A., Rowe, J., Lester, J., Henderson, N., Wiebe, E., Boyer, K., & Mott, B. (2023). It’s Good to Explore: Investigating Silver Pathways and the Role of Frustration During Game-Based Learning. In N. Wang, G. Rebolledo-Mendez, V. Dimitrova, N. Matsuda, & O. C. Santos (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium and Blue Sky - 24th International Conference, AIED 2023, Proceedings (pp. 497-503). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1831 CCIS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36336-8_77

It’s Good to Explore: Investigating Silver Pathways and the Role of Frustration During Game-Based Learning. / Nasiar, Nidhi; Zambrano, Andres F.; Ocumpaugh, Jaclyn et al.
Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium and Blue Sky - 24th International Conference, AIED 2023, Proceedings. ed. / Ning Wang; Genaro Rebolledo-Mendez; Vania Dimitrova; Noboru Matsuda; Olga C. Santos. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. p. 497-503 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 1831 CCIS).

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Nasiar, N, Zambrano, AF, Ocumpaugh, J, Hutt, S, Goslen, A, Rowe, J, Lester, J, Henderson, N, Wiebe, E, Boyer, K & Mott, B 2023, It’s Good to Explore: Investigating Silver Pathways and the Role of Frustration During Game-Based Learning. in N Wang, G Rebolledo-Mendez, V Dimitrova, N Matsuda & OC Santos (eds), Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium and Blue Sky - 24th International Conference, AIED 2023, Proceedings. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 1831 CCIS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 497-503, 24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education , AIED 2023 Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium and Blue Sky , Tokyo, Japan, 7/3/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36336-8_77

Nasiar N, Zambrano AF, Ocumpaugh J, Hutt S, Goslen A, Rowe J et al. It’s Good to Explore: Investigating Silver Pathways and the Role of Frustration During Game-Based Learning. In Wang N, Rebolledo-Mendez G, Dimitrova V, Matsuda N, Santos OC, editors, Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium and Blue Sky - 24th International Conference, AIED 2023, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2023. p. 497-503. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-36336-8_77

Nasiar, Nidhi ; Zambrano, Andres F. ; Ocumpaugh, Jaclyn et al. / It’s Good to Explore : Investigating Silver Pathways and the Role of Frustration During Game-Based Learning. Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium and Blue Sky - 24th International Conference, AIED 2023, Proceedings. editor / Ning Wang ; Genaro Rebolledo-Mendez ; Vania Dimitrova ; Noboru Matsuda ; Olga C. Santos. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. pp. 497-503 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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