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Instructional Techniques to Facilitate Learning and Motivation of Serious Games

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Editors:
  1. Pieter Wouters

    1. Utrecht University, Utretcht, The Netherlands

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  2. Herre van Oostendorp

    1. Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  • Focuses on techniques to improve the effectiveness of serious games in cognition and motivation
  • Presents empirical research on topics within the serious games field and how they can be improved with a variety of techniques
  • Adds substantial insights toward instructional implications for game-based learning

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

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Overview of Instructional Techniques to Facilitate Learning and Motivation of Serious Games

    • Pieter Wouters, Herre van Oostendorp
    Pages 1-16

  3. Towards a Game-Based Learning Instructional Design Model Focusing on Integration

    • Sylke Vandercruysse, Jan Elen
    Pages 17-35

  4. Two Systems, Two Stances: A Novel Theoretical Framework for Model-Based Learning in Digital Games

    • Mario M. Martinez-Garza, Douglas B. Clark
    Pages 37-58

  5. Assessment and Adaptation in Games

    • Valerie Shute, Fengfeng Ke, Lubin Wang
    Pages 59-78

  6. Fidelity and Multimodal Interactions

    • Bill Kapralos, Fuad Moussa, Karen Collins, Adam Dubrowski
    Pages 79-101

  7. Narration-Based Techniques to Facilitate Game-Based Learning

    • Herre van Oostendorp, Pieter Wouters
    Pages 103-117

  8. Designing Effective Feedback Messages in Serious Games and Simulations: A Research Review

    • Cheryl I. Johnson, Shannon K. T. Bailey, Wendi L. Van Buskirk
    Pages 119-140

  9. Self-Explanations in Game-Based Learning: From Tacit to Transferable Knowledge

    • Judith ter Vrugte, Ton de Jong
    Pages 141-159

  10. Competition and Collaboration for Game-Based Learning: A Case Study

    • Eric Sanchez
    Pages 161-184

  11. Modeling and Worked Examples in Game-Based Learning

    • Pieter Wouters
    Pages 185-198

  12. Reflections on Serious Games

    • Arthur C. Graesser
    Pages 199-212

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 213-218
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About this book

The book introduces techniques to improve the effectiveness of serious games in relation to cognition and motivation. These techniques include ways to improve motivation, collaboration, reflection, and the integration of gameplay into various contexts. The contributing authors expand upon this broad range of techniques, show recent empirical research on each of these techniques that discuss their promise and effectiveness, then present general implications or guidelines that the techniques bring forth. They then suggest how serious games can be improved by implementing the respective technique into a particular game. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Utrecht University, Utretcht, The Netherlands

    Pieter Wouters

  • Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Herre van Oostendorp

About the editors

Dr. Pieter Wouters is a post-doctoral researcher at Utrecht University. Since 2011, he has been working on an international project on serious games in mathematics education, which involves research on the structure and analysis methodology for serious games. He has published articles in fifteen international journals, fourteen conference proceedings, and two book chapters. He has also acted as a reviewer for journals such as Learning and Instruction and ETR&D.
Dr. Herre van Oostendorp is an associate professor of human-media interaction at the Utrecht University. He was previously a visiting professor at the International Institute of Informational Technology in Hyderabad, India. He was leader of the project "Cognitive Learning Principles in Serious Games" within the Dutch national GATE project. He has published articles in 70 international journals and 115 conference proceedings, edited five books, and contributed 24 chapters to various publications.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Instructional Techniques to Facilitate Learning and Motivation of Serious Games

  • Editors: Pieter Wouters, Herre van Oostendorp

  • Series Title: Advances in Game-Based Learning

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39298-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39296-7Published: 29 November 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81861-0Published: 06 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39298-1Published: 31 October 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2567-8086

  • Series E-ISSN: 2567-8485

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 218

  • Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations, 114 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Learning & Instruction, Educational Technology

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