Data on player activity and characteristics in a Serious Game Environment.
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SUBMITTER: Liu S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6948122 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
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Data on player activity and characteristics in a Serious Game Environment.
Data in brief 20191209
This dataset presents 159 players' computer log data when they play a Serious Game along with their characteristics data including problem-solving performance scores, demographic information, metacognition, and goal orientation measurements. A total of 85,194 log files were recorded during one-hour game play. The data here are related to the research paper entitled "The Impact of Learner Metacognition and Goal Orientation on Problem-Solving in a Serious Game Environment" by Liu and Liu [1]. The ...[more]
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