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Exploring the Integration of Serious Games in High-Stakes Assessments : Evaluating the Role of the Multidimensionality of Engagement on Performance Outcomes
Hotamış, E.İ. (2025) Exploring the Integration of Serious Games in High-Stakes Assessments : Evaluating the Role of the Multidimensionality of Engagement on Performance Outcomes.
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| Abstract: | Traditional high-stakes assessments play a crucial role in academic and professional environments but are often criticised for their lack of ecological validity and inability to assess higher-order cognitive skills. Serious games (SGs) within game-based assessments (GBAs) offer a more engaging alternative by embedding assessment into interactive gameplay. Engagement, consisting out of behavioural, cognitive, emotional, and social dimensions, plays a key role in performance but remains underexplored in high-stakes game-based settings. This study examines the relationship between engagement and performance in two serious game environments, Crossroads and Crusade, using log data and self-reported engagement measures from final-year BOA students. Findings suggest that higher behavioural and cognitive engagement lead to better decision-making, while emotional engagement plays a smaller role. Differences in game environments also affect engagement-driven performance. While SGs enhance engagement and assessment validity, prior digital experience may impact fairness, raising considerations for future GBA design. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Clients: | Cito, Arnhem, Netherlands |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 81 education, teaching |
| Programme: | Educational Science and Technology MSc (60023) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/106101 |
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