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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
55
Citations
20325
World Ranking
1967
National Ranking
943

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
53
Citations
19187
World Ranking
3305
National Ranking
972

Overview

Valerie J. Shute is affiliated with Florida State University in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of psychology and computer science, with a particular focus on developmental and educational psychology, computer science applications, experimental and cognitive psychology, artificial intelligence, and social psychology.

Their work extensively covers topics such as educational games and gamification, innovative teaching and learning methods, creativity in education and neuroscience, teaching and learning programming, intelligent tutoring systems and adaptive learning, online learning and analytics, and digital games and media.

Shute has published research in several recognized venues, including:

  • Educational Technology Research and Development
  • Computers & Education
  • Computers in Human Behavior
  • International Journal of Game-Based Learning
  • Journal of Computer Assisted Learning

Frequent collaborators include Seyedahmad Rahimi, Ginny Smith, Renata Kuba, Chih-Pu Dai, and Zhichun Liu.

Some of the notable recent papers by Shute are:

  • Maximizing learning without sacrificing the fun: Stealth assessment, adaptivity and learning supports in educational games, 2020, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
  • Stealth assessment of creativity in a physics video game, 2020, Computers in Human Behavior
  • The relationship between collaborative problem solving behaviors and solution outcomes in a game-based learning environment, 2021, Computers in Human Behavior
  • First inspire, then instruct to improve students' creativity, 2021, Computers & Education
  • The use and effects of incentive systems on learning and performance in educational games, 2021, Computers & Education

Best Publications

  • Focus on Formative Feedback

    Valerie J. Shute

  • Demystifying computational thinking

    Valerie J. Shute;Chen Sun;Jodi Asbell-Clarke

  • What Is Design Thinking and Why Is It Important

    Rim Razzouk;Valerie Shute

  • Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Past, Present, and Future.

    Valerie J. Shute;Joseph Psotka

  • Melding the Power of Serious Games and Embedded Assessment to Monitor and Foster Learning: Flow and Grow

    Valerie J. Shute;Matthew Ventura;Malcolm Bauer;Diego

  • Personal and Social-Contextual Factors in K–12 Academic Performance: An Integrative Perspective on Student Learning

    Jihyun Lee;Valerie J. Shute

  • A Large-Scale Evaluation of an Intelligent Discovery World: Smithtown

    Valerie J. Shute;Robert Glaser

  • Adaptive E-Learning

    Valerie Shute;Brendon Towle

  • Games, Learning, and Assessment

    Valerie J. Shute;Fengfeng Ke

  • The power of play

    Valerie J. Shute;Matthew Ventura;Fengfeng Ke

  • Measuring problem solving skills via stealth assessment in an engaging video game

    Valerie J. Shute;Lubin Wang;Samuel Greiff;Weinan Zhao

  • Review of computer-based assessment for learning in elementary and secondary education

    V.J. Shute;S. Rahimi

  • A Review of the Relationship between Parental Involvement and Secondary School Students' Academic Achievement

    Valerie J. Shute;Eric G. Hansen;Jody S. Underwood;Rim Razzouk

  • Understanding spatial ability

    James W. Pellegrino;David L. Alderton;Valerie J. Shute

  • Assessment and Learning of Qualitative Physics in Newton's Playground

    Valerie J. Shute;Matthew Ventura;Yoon Jeon Kim

  • The relationship between video game use and a performance-based measure of persistence

    Matthew Ventura;Valerie Shute;Weinan Zhao

  • Stealth Assessment: Measuring and Supporting Learning in Video Games

    Valerie Shute;Matthew Ventura

  • The relationship between androgen levels and human spatial abilities

    Valerie J. Shute;James W. Pellegrino;Lawrence Hubert;Robert W. Reynolds

  • Adaptive Technologies for Training and Education: Adaptive Educational Systems

    Valerie J. Shute;Diego Zapata-Rivera

  • Who is Likely to Acquire Programming Skills

    Valerie J. Shute

Frequent Co-Authors

Sidney K. D'Mello
Sidney K. D'Mello University of Colorado Boulder
Ryan S. Baker
Ryan S. Baker University of Pennsylvania
Betsy Jane Becker
Betsy Jane Becker Florida State University
John R. Anderson
John R. Anderson Carnegie Mellon University
Robert J. Mislevy
Robert J. Mislevy University of Maryland, College Park
Robert Glaser
Robert Glaser University of Pittsburgh
Gershon Tenenbaum
Gershon Tenenbaum Reichman University
Roger Azevedo
Roger Azevedo University of Central Florida
Richard Catrambone
Richard Catrambone Georgia Institute of Technology
J. Michael Spector
J. Michael Spector University of North Texas

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