CANCER MYSTERY--A CD ROM FORENSIC SCIENCE FANTASY GAME

癌症之谜--光盘法医学奇幻游戏

• 批准号: 2111460
• 负责人: Michael Anderson
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: HEALTH MEDIA LAB, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-05-01 至 1995-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2111460
• 关键词: CANCER; MYSTERY; CD; ROM; FORENSIC

DESCRIPTION: The long-term aim of this research is to develop and evaluate a set of CD-ROM based forensic science mystery fantasy games for late adolescents and early adults. These games will be used as educational and behavior change tools to convey the excitement of exploring forensic science, use of the scientific method, and the importance of cancer risk reduction. The games will also be used to motivate ' interest in careers in science, public health, and medicine'. In Phase I our team of health educators and evaluators, a game designer, a forensics expert, a mystery writer, and software engineers will develop and field test prototype software for one mystery game on respiratory system cancer. Using focus group discussions, we will evaluate the software's presentation, user interface, and content. With questionnaires we will measure pre- to post-use knowledge change. The Phase II effort will be expanded to include more mysteries, a research design incorporating random assignment to experimental and control groups, and longitudinal measurement of scientific knowledge, attitude toward science as a career, and personal health behavior changes. Points of use envisioned for this fantasy game include the quickly growing home, school and college, and science museum educational software markets.

产品说明：本研究的长期目标是开发和评估一套基于光盘的法医科学神秘幻想游戏，为青少年后期和早期成人。 这些游戏将被用作教育和行为改变的工具，以传达探索法医学的兴奋，科学方法的使用，以及降低癌症风险的重要性。这些游戏还将被用来激发“对科学，公共卫生和医学职业的兴趣”。 在第一阶段，我们的健康教育者和评估者团队，一名游戏设计师，一名法医专家，一名神秘作家和软件工程师将为一个关于呼吸系统癌症的神秘游戏开发和现场测试原型软件。 使用焦点小组讨论，我们将评估软件的演示，用户界面和内容。 通过问卷，我们将衡量使用前到使用后的知识变化。 第二阶段的工作将扩大到包括更多的奥秘，一个研究设计，包括随机分配到实验组和对照组，纵向测量科学知识，对科学作为一种职业的态度，和个人健康行为的变化。 这款幻想游戏的预期使用点包括快速增长的家庭、学校和大学以及科学博物馆教育软件市场。