Are All Who Wander Lost? An Exploratory Analysis of Learner Traversals of Minecraft Worlds

• Main Authors: Esclamado, Maricel A, Rodrigo, Ma. Mercedes T
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2022
• Subjects: Minecraft; WHIMC; exploration behaviors; assessment; Philippines; Computer Engineering; Education; Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research; Educational Technology; Engineering
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/discs-faculty-pubs/335; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11647-6_48
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In this paper, we analyze in-game data and out-of-game assessment data from 15 Grade 6 boys from the Philippines who were completing a learning task with the What-If Hypothetical Implementations using Minecraft (WHIMC) to determine how distance traveled and area covered relate to assessment outcomes...