Content Validity of Game-based Assessment: Case study of a Serious Game for ICT managers in training

摘要

Serious games foster the acquisition of complex problem solving skills. Assessment of suchskills should be in line with instruction, and within a serious game environment its contentvalidity should equal face-to-face assessment. Research on assessment in serious gaming hasremained rather scarce. This article shows how assessment can be implemented in seriousgaming in a way that assures content validity. The core of our validation method entails mappinglearning activities (as contained in the game scenario) on performance indicators and outputs (asderived from formal attainment levels). We present how we have elaborated and applied themethod on an assessment game for ICT managers in secondary vocational education. Wedescribe the procedure and extent to which this assessement is content valid compared to face-tofaceassessment.