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Games and Learning Alliance

7th International Conference, GALA 2018, Palermo, Italy, December 5–7, 2018, Proceedings

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  • © 2019

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Editors:
  1. Manuel Gentile

    1. Institute for Educational Technology - National Research Council of Italy (ITD-CNR), Palermo, Italy

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  2. Mario Allegra

    1. Institute for Educational Technology - National Research Council of Italy (ITD-CNR), Palermo, Italy

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  3. Heinrich Söbke

    1. Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar, Germany

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 11385)

Part of the book sub series: Information Systems and Applications, incl. Internet/Web, and HCI (LNISA)

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Table of contents (46 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Games for Skills Training

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Effect of Disposition to Critical Thinking on Playing Serious Games

      • Manuel Gentile, Giuseppe Città, Salvatore Perna, Alessandro Signa, Francesco Reale, Valentina Dal Grande et al.
      Pages 3-15

    3. A Learning Path in Support of Computational Thinking in the Last Years of Primary School

      • Laura Freina, Rosa Bottino, Lucia Ferlino
      Pages 16-27

    4. ALF - A Framework for Evaluating Accelerated Learning and Cognitive Skills Development in Industry Through Games

      • Sobah Abbas Petersen, Manuel Oliveira, Kristin Hestetun, Anette Østbø Sørensen
      Pages 28-38

    5. Musicality: A Game to Improve Musical Perception

      • Nouri Khalass, Georgia Zarnomitrou, Kazi Injamamul Haque, Salim Salmi, Simon Maulini, Tanja Linkermann et al.
      Pages 39-48

    6. Exploring Design Decisions in Interactive Narrative Games for Behaviour Change: A Case Study

      • Ivo Bril, Nick Degens, Jef Folkerts
      Pages 49-59

    7. MUV: A Game to Encourage Sustainable Mobility Habits

      • Salvatore Di Dio, Enza Lissandrello, Domenico Schillaci, Brunella Caroleo, Andrea Vesco, Ingwio D’Hespeel
      Pages 60-70

    8. Putting the Long-Term into Behavior Change

      • Harmen de Weerd, Nick Degens
      Pages 71-81

    9. MainTrain: A Serious Game on the Complexities of Rail Maintenance

      • David Alderliesten, Kotryna Valečkaitė, Nestor Z. Salamon, J. Timothy Balint, Rafael Bidarra
      Pages 82-89

    10. Board Games for Training Computational Thinking

      • Katerina Tsarava, Korbinian Moeller, Manuel Ninaus
      Pages 90-100

    11. Dungeons and Dragons as a Tool for Developing Student Self-reflection Skills

      • Samantha Clarke, Sylvester Arnab, Luca Morini, Lauren Heywood
      Pages 101-109

    12. A Serious Game for Training Verbal Resilience to Doorstep Scams

      • Laura M. van der Lubbe, Charlotte Gerritsen, Daniel Formolo, Marco Otte, Tibor Bosse
      Pages 110-120

  3. Game Design

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Designing an Intrinsically Integrated Educational Game on Newtonian Mechanics

      • Anne van der Linden, Wouter R. van Joolingen, Ralph F. G. Meulenbroeks
      Pages 123-133

    3. Games and Learning: Potential and Limitations from the Players’ Point of View

      • Donatella Persico, Marcello Passarelli, Francesca Dagnino, Flavio Manganello, Jeffrey Earp, Francesca Pozzi
      Pages 134-145

    4. Balancing Realism and Engagement for a Serious Game in the Domain of Remote Sensing

      • Daniel Atorf, Ehm Kannegieser, Wolfgang Roller
      Pages 146-156

    5. Extending a Digital Fraction Game Piece by Piece with Physical Manipulatives

      • Kristian Kiili, Antti Koskinen, Antero Lindstedt, Manuel Ninaus
      Pages 157-166

    6. A Fun-Accuracy Trade-Off in Game-Based Learning

      • Simon Greipl, Manuel Ninaus, Darlene Bauer, Kristian Kiili, Korbinian Moeller
      Pages 167-177

    7. Integrating Self-Determination and Self-Efficacy in Game Design

      • Hossein Jamshidifarsani, Paul Tamayo-Serrano, Samir Garbaya, Theodore Lim, Pierre Blazevic
      Pages 178-190
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About this book

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, GALA 2018, held in Palermo, Italy, in December 2018.
The 38 revised regular papers presented together with 9 poster papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 68 submissions. The papers cover the following topics: games for skills training; game design; methods and tools; gamification and innovative game approaches.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Educational Technology - National Research Council of Italy (ITD-CNR), Palermo, Italy

    Manuel Gentile, Mario Allegra

  • Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar, Germany

    Heinrich Söbke

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