From Here to There! Game-Based Learning

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session 10
  In Roundtable Session: Breaking, Building, and Broadcasting: Analog and Digital Games and Affinity Spaces for Learning

Abstract

With the increasing use of video games for educational purposes, it has become important to understand what kind of affordance a particular game provides to learners. For that reason, this study examined different design elements within an educational video game, From Here to There! (FH2T). To understand the implication and affordances offered through playing FH2T, data was analyzed using interaction analysis. The study results show that FH2T’s failure and feedback system helps players to learn from their failure by providing formative, summative, and informative feedback to practice algebraic equations. To support teachers, we have identified a list of possible learning outcomes of playing FH2T by making a comparison of the game content with the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.

Authors

• Nihal Katirci, University of Maryland - College Park

• Ekta Shokeen, University of Maryland - College Park

• Caroline "Caro" Cassie-Marie Williams-Pierce, University of Maryland, College Park