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Design and evaluation of the educational game DOGeometry: a case study

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Günter Wallner,

Simone KriglsteinAuthors Info & Claims

ACE '11: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology

Article No.: 14, Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/2071423.2071441

Published: 08 November 2011 Publication History

Abstract

Educational games have the potential to engage students deeply with a particular topic, because they allow children to actively participate in the learning process rather than just being passive observers. However, the design of educational games can be challenging because serious objectives have to be brought in line with a satisfying gameplay experience. Furthermore, great care has to be taken that the usability of the game does not interfere with the underlying educational goals. This paper discusses the design of DOGeometry, a learning game which combines problem-solving tasks with artistic expression to teach elementary school children the basics of geometric transformations. We evaluated the game design by observing children and automatically logging all user events and report the insights which we gained from analyzing the gathered data not only by statistical means but also through visualizations of gameplay data. The visualizations proved to be extremely helpful to look behind the numbers and to explore the player behavior in more detail.

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ACE '11: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology

November 2011

562 pages

ISBN:9781450308274

DOI:10.1145/2071423

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Teresa Romão
FCT/UNL, Portugal
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Nuno Correia
FCT/UNL, Portugal
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Masahiko Inami
Keio University, Japan
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FCT/UNL, Portugal
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FC/UL, Portugal
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Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
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Rui Prada
Instituto Superior Técnico/UTL and INESC-ID, Portugal
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Kobe University, Japan

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