Modeling the Incubation Effect Among Students Playing an Educational Game for Physics
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
6-23-2017
Abstract
We attempted to model the Incubation Effect, a phenomenon in which a momentary break helps the generation of a solution to a problem, among students playing Physics Playground. We performed a logistic regression analysis to predict the outcome of the incubation using a genetic algorithm for feature selection. Out of 14 candidate features, those that significantly predicted the outcome were total badges earned prior to post-incubation, the problem’s level of difficulty, total attempts made prior to post-incubation, and time interval of post-incubation. We found evidence that incubation in the earlier part of the game is more beneficial than breaks at the later part where students may already be mentally exhausted.
Recommended Citation
Talandron-Felipe, May Marie; Rodrigo, Ma. Mercedes T.; and Beck, Joseph E., (2017). Modeling the Incubation Effect Among Students Playing an Educational Game for Physics. Archīum.ATENEO.
https://archium.ateneo.edu/discs-faculty-pubs/61