Reports
Please note that CRESST reports were called "CSE Reports" or "CSE Technical Reports" prior to CRESST report 723.
#814 – A Primer on Data Logging to Support Extraction of Meaningful Information from Educational Games: An Example from Save Patch
Gregory K. W. K. Chung and Deirdre S. Kerr
Gregory K. W. K. Chung and Deirdre S. Kerr
CRESST Report 814, March 2012 
Summary
Summary
In this primer, two CRESST researchers describe the use of data logging to
support measurement of student learning through games. Their research-based
recommendations include: specify the behavior to log ahead of time; record
data that reflects behavior rather than inferences about the behavior; log
in-game behaviors that map directly to targeted knowledge, skills, and
attitudes; and encode sufficient information so that the data elements are
unambiguous at the desired grain size.
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