Tug-of-war: Seeking help while playing an educational card game

Authors

Osvaldo Jimenez, University of the PacificFollow
Ugochi Acholonu
Dylan Arena

Files

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Department

Computer Science

Book Title

Learning by playing: Video gaming in education

Editor(s)

Fran C. Blumberg

Description

This chapter examines motivational aspects that cause students to play educational games and learn their featured content, with particular emphasis on a card game called Tug-of-War. It begins with an overview of help-seeking in technical environments before turning to a discussion of an initial way to measure motivation to learn: by focusing on the type and amount of help students seek from others in the classroom while playing the game. It then describes the design and development of Tug-of-War and how it has improved learning outcomes with respect to traditional academic measures.

Buy Link

https://academic.oup.com/book/1862

Find in WorldCat

https://worldcat.org/title/870646845

ISBN

978-0199896653

DOI

10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199896646.003.0016

Publication Date

Fall 1-1-2014

Publisher

Oxford University Press

City

Oxford

First Page

232

Last Page

245

Keywords

educational games, card game, Tug-of-War, help-seeking, motivation to learb, students, classroom

Disciplines

Engineering

Recommended Citation

Jimenez, O., Acholonu, U., & Arena, D. (2014). Tug-of-war: Seeking help while playing an educational card game. In Fran C. Blumberg (Eds.), Learning by playing: Video gaming in education (232–245). Oxford: Oxford University Press
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/soecs-facbooks/12