The study involved two choice-based assessments that would test a student's ability and willingness to explore alternative solutions to solving a challenge given to them.

• the photo taking task involved a virtual game where students had to take photos of animals, while being given different camera settings to experiment with to take better photos

• there was an evaluation done by the game's internal engine to determine the quality of the student's photo as well as a post-test to see if the student had gained an understanding of photography skills, both of which depended on how much the student tried out the different settings available

• the apex consumer task was also used because the photo taking task was being used for the first time in research; this task involved making a choice about what kind of animal fit into a hypothetical category of consumer in the food chain

• this task was relatively simple in that it only involved seeing whether or not the student would explore the choices given to them to answer the question