


This paper also reports on a usability study carried out in a public middle school in New York City.
BELLA integrates assessment and learning into an interactive gaming system that includes written conversations, math activities, oral and written feedback in both English and Spanish, and a visible psychometric model that is used to adaptively select activities as well as feedback levels. Design/methodology/approach: The evidence-based scenario design framework is presented and demonstrated by using BELLA, a new assessment-based gaming environment aimed at supporting student learning of vocabulary and math. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose and demonstrate an evidence-based scenario design framework for assessment-based computer games.
