Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2015 A game-based learning approach to increase female participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields Desmond Carletus Bonner Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the Art and Design Commons, Education Commons, and the Industrial Engineering Commons Recommended Citation Bonner, Desmond Carletus, "A game-based learning approach to increase female participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields" (2015). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 14781. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/14781 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A game-based learning approach to increase female participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields by Desmond Carletus Bonner A thesis submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE Major: Human-Computer Interaction Program of Study Committee: Michael Dorneich, Major Professor Stephen Gilbert Larysa Nadolny Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2015 Copyright © Desmond Carletus Bonner, 2015. All rights reserved. ii DEDICATION The work presented in this Master’s Thesis is dedicated to many people whom I have had the benefit of learning from. To those from Auburn University who helped me become a better version of myself. To my family.