Putting theory oriented evaluation into practice: A logic model approach for evaluating SIMGAME

Jan Hense (1) , Willy Christian Kriz (2) , Joseph Wolfe (3)

1 Institute of Educational Psychology
2 Department Management and Research Methods
3 University of Tulsa

Evaluations of gaming simulations and business games as teaching devices are typically end-state driven. This emphasis fails to detect how the simulation being evaluated does or does not bring about its desired consequences. This paper advances the use of a logic model approach which possesses a holistic perspective that aims at including all elements associated with the situation created by a game. The use of the logic model approach is illustrated as applied to Simgame, a board game created for secondary school level business education in six European Union countries. (http://sag.sagepub.com/content/40/1/110.abstract)

Mots clés: business games; evaluation methods; Logic model

Domaines: Environnements Informatiques pour l'Apprentissage Humain; Education

Jan Hense, Willy Christian Kriz, Joseph Wolfe. Putting theory oriented evaluation into practice: A logic model approach for evaluating SIMGAME. Simulation and Gaming, 2009, 40(1), pp.110-133. ⟨hal-00703991⟩