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Kids and Teacher Integrated Evaluation (KaTIE)

Posted by Christiane Moser

The Kids and Teacher Integrated Evaluation (KaTIE) is a collaborative and lightweight approach (i.e., discount method), wherein teachers, researchers, designers, or developers and children with their areas of expertise gather rapid insights into the educational effectiveness of software in the school context [Pardo et al., 2008]. This approach and can be easily adapted to evaluate games with children in schools. In a first step (i.e., preparation), it is necessary to come to a common understanding about what should be evaluated, as KaTIE is not based on a continuous relationship between the participants (e.g., teachers, game researchers, designers, or developers). In a second step (i.e., data collection), the teacher engages the children, who are playing the game, in a dialog. The game researcher, designer, or developer mostly observes in the background and provides support only if required. The teacher and game researcher, designer, or developer take notes in this step. The third step (i.e., reporting), is the last step and consolidates the outcomes of the evaluation. Both, the teacher and game researchers, designers, or developers, engage the children in a conversation wherein the observations and notes are shared with the purpose of enriching the understanding of children’s interactions, thoughts, and experiences with the game. More details on the original approach and application insights are described in Pardo et al. [2008].

References
Pardo, S., Howard, S. and Vetere, F. 2008. Child-centered evaluation: broadening the child/designer dyad. In Advances in Human-Computer Interaction.

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