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Field name	Details
Nuova numerazione	76412
Collocazione	UPS BIBL CENTR SL-II-91
Autore	WOUTERS, P.
Titolo	The effect of surprising events in a serious game on learning mathematics. Parte componente di periodico
Descrizione fisica	pp. 860-877
Nota generale	Estratto da: British Journal of Educational Technology 2017, 48, 3
Riassunto	The challenge in serious games is to improve the effectiveness of learning by stimulating relevant cognitive processes. In this paper, we investigate the potential of surprise in two experiments with prevocational students in the domain of proportional reasoning. Surprise involves an emotional reaction, but it also serves a cognitive goal as it directs attention to explain why the surprise occurred and can play a key role in learning. In our experiments, surprises were triggered by a surprising event, ie, a nonplaying character who suddenly appeared and changed characteristics of a problem. In Experiment 1-comparing a surprise condition with a control condition-we found no overall differences, but the results suggested that surprise may be beneficial for higher level students. In Experiment 2, we combined Expectancy strength (Strong vs. Weak) with Surprise (Present vs. Absent) using higher level students. We found a marginal overall effect of surprising events on learning indicating that students who experienced surprises learned more than students who were not exposed to these surprises but we found a stronger effect of surprise when we included existing proportional reasoning skill as factor. These results provide some evidence that a narrative technique as surprise can be used in game-based learning for the purpose of learning.
Tipo di documento	RICERCA.
Soggetto	STUDENTI.
	EDUCAZIONE.
	GIOCO.
	TECNOLOGIA.
	BELGIO.
	PAESI BASSI.
Ambito	Pedagogico
Autore Secondario	OOSTENDORP, H.
	VRUGTE, J.
	CRUYSSE, S.
	JONG, T.
	ELEN, J.
Titolo correlato	British Journal of Educational Technology 2017, 48, 3
Accesso online	http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eue&AN=122273169&lang=it&site=ehost-live

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The effect of surprising events in a serious game on learning mathematics.