Improving the efficacy of teacher-facing analytics dashboards for game-based assessment and beyond
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Author(s)
Okumko, Candace B.
Advisor(s)
Eric Klopfer, Louisa Rosenheck and Brandon Hanks.
Date Issued
2021
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Since the early 2000s, more academic instruction has been moved to take place online, which has caused a growing demand for dashboards--websites that educators can access to monitor and understand their student's performance. However, there is a glaring lack of research dedicated to creating design principles that effectively meet instructor needs. In this work, I contribute to this field of study by utilizing feedback from teachers to build and evaluate a dashboard prototype for Shadowspect, a game-based geometry assessment, and construct an accompanying set of design recommendations. I conducted a small user study with a local high-school mathematics teacher to assess the potential of the prototype. From this evaluation, I found preliminary evidence that suggests that the design principles that guided the development of the prototype, which emphasized actionability and transparency, were successful in addressing long-existing problems in current dashboards.
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Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, February, 2021
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-93).
Subjects
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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