Individual Differences and Joyful Assessment-Based Learning

E-assessment learning, which combines the advantages of e-assessment and learning, was proposed in educational settings. However, it still makes most of learners feel anxious. Thus, this study develops a Joyful Assessment-based Learning System (JALS), which incorporates game-based learning into e-assessment learning. In order to get a complete understanding of how individual differences affect learners´ reactions, an empirical study was conducted. Among various individual differences, cognitive styles and prior knowledge were considered as targets to investigate learners´ reactions to the JALS. Our results suggest that FD learners preferred to use the game-based learning tool and demonstrated good performance. Conversely, the different level of prior knowledge may affect FI learners´ learning preferences and learning performance.