| Autor: |
Kiron, Nafisul, Adaji, Ifeoma, Long, Jeff, Vassileva, Julita |
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Proceedings of the European Conference on Games Based Learning; 2019, p395-404, 10p |
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Research has shown that educational games are effective in motivating students to learn. To contribute to ongoing research in the area of educational games, we developed and evaluated a peer-quizzing game called “Tower of Questions” which supports collaborative learning through asking and answering questions. The game uses the mechanics and dynamics found in tower defense games, a sub-genre of strategy games usually played in a massive online gathering. Our game is played in a class by students who use pseudonyms. Players can create virtual towers by asking questions, and other students conquer the towers by answering the questions. Students receive points for asking and answering questions in the game. To evaluate the effect of the game on student engagement and learning, we recruited 37 first-year university students in an introductory programming class who played the game regularly during the entire term, asking questions related to topics they learned in their course. The results of the analysis of the students’ activities indicate a strong correlation between the number of towers created and towers conquered, i.e. that students who actively posted questions also actively answered the questions of others. Students familiar with tower defense games engaged more in attacking other students’ towers (answering questions) than in creating new towers (asking questions). The post-survey data collected from the students shows that 82.14% of them found the game useful as a learning tool. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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