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Describing and Studying Domain-Specific Serious Games

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Editors:
  1. Joke Torbeyns

    1. Education and Training, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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  2. Erno Lehtinen

    1. Department of Teacher Education, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

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  3. Jan Elen

    1. Education and Training, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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  • Provides research from a closed meeting of serious games researchers
  • Contains descriptions of serious games including references to the instructional, game, domain-specific principles that were used during the design
  • Gives an overview that describes how the chapters interrelate

Part of the book series: Advances in Game-Based Learning (AGBL)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Describing and Studying Domain-Specific Serious Games: Introduction

    • Joke Torbeyns, Erno Lehtinen, Jan Elen
    Pages 1-6

  3. Game Descriptions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. Design of the Game-Based Learning Environment “Dudeman & Sidegirl: Operation Clean World,” a Numerical Magnitude Processing Training

      • Sarah Linsen, Bieke Maertens, Jelle Husson, Lieven Van den Audenaeren, Jeroen Wauters, Bert Reynvoet et al.
      Pages 9-26

    3. Description of the Educational Math Game “Monkey Tales: The Museum of Anything”

      • Sylke Vandercruysse, Marie Maertens, Jan Elen
      Pages 27-43

    4. Number Navigation Game (NNG): Design Principles and Game Description

      • Erno Lehtinen, Boglárka Brezovszky, Gabriela Rodríguez-Aflecht, Henrik Lehtinen, Minna M. Hannula-Sormunen, Jake McMullen et al.
      Pages 45-61

    5. “Zeldenrust”: A Mathematical Game-Based Learning Environment for Prevocational Students

      • Sylke Vandercruysse, Judith ter Vrugte, Ton de Jong, Pieter Wouters, Herre van Oostendorp, Lieven Verschaffel et al.
      Pages 63-81

    6. Applying Motivation Theory to the Design of Game-Based Learning Environments

      • Jon R. Star, Jason Chen, Chris Dede
      Pages 83-91

    7. DIESEL-X: A Game-Based Tool for Early Risk Detection of Dyslexia in Preschoolers

      • Luc Geurts, Vero Vanden Abeele, Véronique Celis, Jelle Husson, Lieven Van den Audenaeren, Leen Loyez et al.
      Pages 93-114

  4. Empirical Studies on Serious Games

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Performance in Educational Math Games: Is It a Question of Math Knowledge?

      • Marie Maertens, Mieke Vandewaetere, Frederik Cornillie, Piet Desmet
      Pages 117-131

    3. Integration in the Curriculum as a Factor in Math-Game Effectiveness

      • Sylke Vandercruysse, Elke Desmet, Mieke Vandewaetere, Jan Elen
      Pages 133-153

    4. Developing Adaptive Number Knowledge with the Number Navigation Game-Based Learning Environment

      • Boglárka Brezovszky, Gabriela Rodríguez-Aflecht, Jake McMullen, Koen Veermans, Nonmanut Pongsakdi, Minna M. Hannula-Sormunen et al.
      Pages 155-170

    5. Number Navigation Game (NNG): Experience and Motivational Effects

      • Gabriela Rodríguez-Aflecht, Boglárka Brezovszky, Nonmanut Pongsakdi, Tomi Jaakkola, Minna M. Hannula-Sormunen, Jake McMullen et al.
      Pages 171-189

    6. The Role of Curiosity-Triggering Events in Game-Based Learning for Mathematics

      • Pieter Wouters, Herre van Oostendorp, Judith ter Vrugte, Sylke Vandercruysse, Ton de Jong, Jan Elen
      Pages 191-207

    7. Evaluating Game-Based Learning Environments for Enhancing Motivation in Mathematics

      • Jon R. Star, Jason A. Chen, Megan W. Taylor, Kelley Durkin, Chris Dede, Theodore Chao
      Pages 209-230

    8. Formal and Informal Learning Environments: Using Games to Support Early Numeracy

      • Hedwig Gasteiger, Andreas Obersteiner, Kristina Reiss
      Pages 231-250

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 251-259
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About this book

This book describes research outcomes on domain-specific serious games. The first part of the book focuses on the design and major characteristics of actual (mainly math-related) serious games. The second part of the book presents recent empirical studies on these games, exploring topics such as the effectiveness of serious games for learning and increasing motivation and the influence of learners’ domain-specific and game competencies. The integration of serious games into the curriculum and subsequent performance and motivation outcomes are also presented.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Education and Training, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Joke Torbeyns, Jan Elen

  • Department of Teacher Education, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

    Erno Lehtinen

About the editors

Dr. Joke Torbeyns is a professor at KU Leuven's Center for Instructional Psychology and Technology. Prof. Dr. Erno Lehtinen is a professor at the University of Turku. Prof. Dr. Jan Elen is a professor in KU Leuven's Educational Sciences department.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Describing and Studying Domain-Specific Serious Games

  • Editors: Joke Torbeyns, Erno Lehtinen, Jan Elen

  • Series Title: Advances in Game-Based Learning

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20276-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-20275-4Published: 24 September 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37336-2Published: 22 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20276-1Published: 14 September 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2567-8086

  • Series E-ISSN: 2567-8485

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 259

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 50 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Educational Technology, Learning & Instruction

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