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Creating Minimal Video Games for Engineering Education Research

为工程教育研究创建最小的视频游戏

基本信息

批准号：
0935225
负责人：
Brianno Coller
金额：
$ 15万
依托单位：
Northern Illinois University
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2009
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2009-09-01 至 2013-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0935225&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Creating Minimal Video Games Engineering

项目摘要

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)This engineering education research award to Northern Illinois University will employ researchers to develop and assess the effectiveness of a "minimal" game for use in a sophomore level Engineering Dynamics course. Since virtual reality games and complex simulated environments are interesting to teens and young adults, and game players are motivated to spend time solving challenging complex problems in the games, it is logical to try to create similar environments for engineering education. Although students using games may be more engaged and may learn the material at a deeper level, the specific aspects of complex educational games that are important for improved learning outcomes are not known. The simpler "minimal" game will be developed as an instrument to systematically isolate specific aspects of the video game to determine how and why these aspects improve learning. This research addresses important questions about the effectiveness of games developed for educational use in engineering and will provide guidance for future development. It will contribute significantly to basic understanding of the effects and roles of educational video games which will improve learning and better prepare students for engineering jobs.

该奖项是根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(Public Law 111-5)资助的。授予北伊利诺伊大学的工程教育研究奖将雇用研究人员开发和评估一个用于二年级工程动力学课程的“最小”游戏的有效性。由于虚拟现实游戏和复杂的模拟环境对青少年和年轻人来说很有趣，而且游戏玩家有动力花时间解决游戏中具有挑战性的复杂问题，因此尝试为工程教育创造类似的环境是合乎逻辑的。尽管使用游戏的学生可能更投入，可能会在更深的层面上学习材料，但复杂的教育游戏对改善学习结果的具体方面尚不清楚。更简单的“最小”游戏将被开发为一种工具，系统地隔离视频游戏的特定方面，以确定这些方面如何以及为什么改善学习。这项研究解决了为教育目的而开发的游戏在工程上的有效性的重要问题，并将为未来的发展提供指导。它将有助于基本理解教育视频游戏的效果和作用，这将改善学习，并更好地为学生从事工程工作做好准备。