Prognosis--A Game-Based Intervention to Improve STEM Skills

NCT03416218 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: IRB17-1416
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 31
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate a game-based intervention (Prognosis) designed to improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) skills among high school-aged students.

Conditions

Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Keywords

STEM Skills

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Acceptability of the game-based intervention Prognosis as assessed by participants

  questionnaire

  immediately after completing the intervention

• Feasibility of the game-based intervention Prognosis

  questionnaire

  immediately after completing the intervention

• Usability of the game-based intervention Prognosis

  questionnaire

  immediately after completing the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Assessing participants' ability to solve quantitative epidemiological problems

  immediately after completing the intervention

• Perceived self-efficacy to learn STEM concepts

  immediately after completing the intervention

Study Arms (1)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

All participants enrolled in the study will play Prognosis, the intervention being assessed in this study.

Behavioral: Prognosis

Interventions

Prognosis BEHAVIORAL

Prognosis will be a single-player 2D, digital simulation game and supporting multimedia website. Players are situated as a major official of Hexacago, and tasks them with managing the city's finances, education levels, and health concerns to lower rates of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. In the game Prognosis, player dispatches professionals from a variety of fields to different neighborhoods around the city, observing the effects of their resource allocation decisions across multiple systems over many in-game months. The supporting multimedia website will house curriculum and learning tools to support the learning objectives of Prognosis.

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Enrolled in study site high school
• th or 10th grade at time of study

You may not qualify if:

• Students not in 9th and 10th grade

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Chicago: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Behavior

Study Officials

• Melissa Gilliam, MD, MPH

  University of Chicago

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: There is only one condition to this study, so no masking will be used.
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Participants enrolled in the study will play Prognosis, a game-based intervention designed to improve STEM skills.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 5, 2018
• First Posted: January 31, 2018
• Study Start: February 5, 2018
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2019
• Study Completion: December 31, 2019
• Last Updated: August 12, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-08

Locations

US (1)