Debbie Denise Reese

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Debbie Denise Reese, PhD, senior educational researcher at Wheeling Jesuit University’s Center for Educational Technology and NASA-sponsored Classroom of the Future, invented the CyGaMEs formula for game-based learning and assessment. CyGaMEs readies learners for academic success by translating challenging science concepts (what scientists think) into game play (what learners do). CyGaMEs’ award-winning Selene: A Lunar Construction GaME (http://selene.cet.edu) tracks game play to assess learning and flow.

Reese applies cognitive science theory to design learning environments and educational technologies. She is principal investigator for CyGaMEs, an NSF-funded REESE project. Reese has led design and research teams in development and study of technology tools for enhancing self-efficacy, identity, and argumentation. She also conducts evaluations and needs assessments and is part of the Classroom of the Future team producing MoonWorld: a virtual world in which educators and/or students conduct lunar science field work.

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