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The Effects of Adaptive Sequencing Algorithms on Player Engagement within an Online Game

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Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS 2012)

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Using the online educational game Battleship Numberline, we have collected over 8 million number line estimates from hundreds of thousands of players. Using random assignment, we evaluate the effects of various adaptive sequencing algorithms on player engagement and learning.

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  1. Carnegie Mellon University, USA

    Derek Lomas, John Stamper, Ryan Muller & Kenneth R. Koedinger

  2. Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication, Gujarat, India

    Kishan Patel

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  1. University of Montpellier & CNRS LIRMM, 161 rue Ada, 34095, Montpellier, France

    Stefano A. Cerri

  2. NASA and Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Human Centered Computing - Intelligent Systems Division, 94035, Moffett Field, CA, USA

    William J. Clancey

  3. Department of Applied Informatics and Multimedia, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, School of Applied Technology, Stavromenos, P.O.Box 1939, 71004, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Giorgos Papadourakis

  4. Neoanalysis Ltd., Marni 56, 10437, Athens, Greece

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Lomas, D., Stamper, J., Muller, R., Patel, K., Koedinger, K.R. (2012). The Effects of Adaptive Sequencing Algorithms on Player Engagement within an Online Game. In: Cerri, S.A., Clancey, W.J., Papadourakis, G., Panourgia, K. (eds) Intelligent Tutoring Systems. ITS 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7315. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30950-2_79

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