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In this paper, we discuss the use of worked examples, a form of invitational scholarship that provides scholars an outlet for sharing their work online, as a new way of doing portfolio assessment that supports pre-service teachers’ critical...

Traditionally, approaches to teacher training have involved abstracted knowledge with little connection to the field. This study was conducted in Spring of 2008 and Spring of 2010 to address the implications of designs in online gaming environments...

Videogames are a powerful medium that curriculum designers can use to create narratively rich worlds for achieving educational goals. In these worlds, youth can become scientists, doctors, writers, and mathematicians who critically engage complex...

This study used innovative assessment practices to obtain and document broad learning outcomes for a 15-hour game-based curriculum in Quest Atlantis, a multi-user virtual environment that supports school-based participation in socio scientific...

Drawing on game-design principles and an underlying situated theoretical perspective, we developed and researched a 3D game-based curriculum designed to teach water quality concepts. We compared undergraduate student dyads assigned randomly to four...