Exploring How Playing Tyto Online Contributes to Science Content Knowledge and Argumentation Skills

The goal of this study is to examine how playing a science-based RPG contributes to the science content and scientific argumentation skills of middle school students. For this study, middle school students will be recruited to play through the first two modules of the game and take a few short assessments on science content knowledge and argumentation skills. Quantitate analysis of their assessment scores will be combined with qualitative analyses of their gameplay to explore how the game contributes to student learning.