Background and Aim Gamification has been defined as the use of characteristics commonly associated with video games in non-game contexts. In this article, I reframe definition terms game attribute taxonomy presented by Bedwell colleagues. This linking is done goal aligning research literatures serious gamification. A psychological theory gamified learning developed explored. Conclusion learning, gamification attributes, taxonomy, outside context a purpose affecting learning-related behaviors...

Sampling strategy has critical implications for the validity of a researcher's conclusions. Despite this, sampling is frequently neglected in research methods textbooks, during design process, and reporting our journals. The lack guidance on this issue often leads reviewers journal editors to rely simple rules thumb, myth, tradition judgments about sampling, which promotes unnecessary counterproductive characterization strategies as universally “good” or “bad.” Such oversimplification,...

Background The theory of gamified learning provides a theoretical framework to test the impact gamification efforts upon learner behaviors and attitudes, as well effect these behavioral attitudinal changes on learning. It does so by providing mediating moderating processes linking specific game elements outcomes. Aim This article links common leaderboards (conflict/challenge, rules/goals, assessment) with focal behavior, time-on-task, exploring educational research competition psychological...

Background. Definitions of gamification tend to vary by person, both in industry and within academia. One particularly popular lay interpretation, introduced popularized Ian Bogost, reiterated Jan Klabbers, is that “bullshit” “exploitationware.” They describe as a marketing term or business practice invented sell products rather than represent real unique phenomenon relevant nascent game science. However, this view an oversimplification, one which ignores growing body theory development...

The term big data encompasses a wide range of approaches collecting and analyzing in ways that were not possible before the era modern personal computing. One approach to great potential psychologists is web scraping, which involves automated collection information from webpages. Although scraping can create massive datasets with tens thousands variables, it also be used modestly sized, more manageable variables but hundreds cases, well within skillset most analyze, matter hours. In this...

Researchers, governments, ethics watchdogs, and the public are increasingly voicing concerns about unfairness bias in artificial intelligence (AI)-based decision tools. Psychology's more-than-a-century of research on measurement psychological traits prediction human behavior can benefit such conversations, yet researchers often find themselves excluded due to mismatches terminology, values, goals across disciplines. In present paper, we begin build a shared interdisciplinary understanding AI...

Gamification has become increasingly common in employee training. Simultaneously, our scientific understanding of gamified learning grown. However, there are few resources that provide specific recommendations for science‐based gamification training to address the research–practice gap. Thus, purpose this paper is describe current as it can be used realistically improve web‐based First, because commonly misunderstood, we explain what context Second, misapplied, research on effectiveness...

Background and Aim.Gamification is growing in popularity education workplace training, but it unclear which game elements are conducive to learning. The theory of gamified learning suggests that one type gamification, the addition fiction/narrative, can be used improve outcomes, Technology-Enhanced Training Effectiveness Model (TETEM) individual differences impact strength this effect. From theoretical basis, study a training module with fiction order outcomes over original training. Results...

Although management gamification has immense potential to broadly benefit both and employees, its impact date been lackluster value unclear. I credit this a market proliferation of rhetorical or “fake” gamification, process which involves the decoration existing organizational processes with game elements but little no attention paid psychological by those influence human behavior. For be successful, specific characteristics employees customers must targeted, chosen characteristics. In...

Abstract Reflecting practitioner efforts to improve existing psychometric assessments, a new games‐related class of assessments and assessment design approaches has emerged, research is beginning examine it as well. Understanding this requires understanding three major terms. First, game‐based refers an method in which job candidates are players participating core gameplay loop while trait information inferred. Second, gameful practices by professionals using game mechanics or other concepts...

Games, which can be defined as an externally structured, goal-directed type of play, are increasingly being used in high-stakes testing contexts to measure targeted constructs for use the selection and promotion employees. Despite this increasing popularity, little is known about how theory-driven game-based assessments (GBA), those designed reflect a construct, should designed, or their potential achieving simultaneous goals positive reactions high-quality psychometric measurement. In...