Building a scoring method for student-created Mars habitats in Minecraft
Shipley, Evan Joseph
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Title
Building a scoring method for student-created Mars habitats in Minecraft
Author(s)
Shipley, Evan Joseph
Issue Date
2023-05-03
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Lane, H C
Department of Study
Curriculum and Instruction
Discipline
Curriculum and Instruction
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
M.S.
Degree Level
Thesis
Keyword(s)
Minecraft
Work Products
Mars
Habitation
Educational Games
Stem
Language
eng
Abstract
This study explored the viability of implementing a scoring system for Mars habitats modeled and built using Minecraft, a commercial game widely utilized in the educational games space since its release. After building a scoring scheme consisting of 12 science-based mastery categories, 24 student-built habitats were assessed to address the following question Is the proposed method for scoring Mars habitats fair for all camp settings? These assessed scores were used in a Spearman’s rank correlation analysis to compare team group sizes, student face-to-face time with instructors, and scores on intermittent knowledge assessments conducted by instructors. The correlation between habitat scores and: group size was found to be slightly negative (r = -0.03), face-to-face time was found to be positive (r = 0.13), and knowledge assessment score was found to be positive (r = 0.51). This indicates that the scoring method is strong and can be utilized to inform future work with Minecraft-constructed Mars habitats and WHIMC project data.
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