Design and Evaluation of a Serious Game to Supplement Pupils’ Understanding of Molecular Structures in Chemistry

Thomas Bjørner; Louise Gaard  Hansen; Miicha  Valimaa; Julie Ulnits  Sørensen; Mircea  Dobre

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-88272-3_19

Design and Evaluation of a Serious Game to Supplement Pupils’ Understanding of Molecular Structures in Chemistry

Thomas Bjørner^*, Louise Gaard Hansen, Miicha Valimaa, Julie Ulnits Sørensen, Mircea Dobre

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Abstract

This study is initial experiences in the design and evaluation of a serious
game to supplement pupils’ understanding of molecular structures in chemistry.
27 pupils were included in the study, aged 13–14, with 16 boys and 11 girls. All
participants were recruited from two chemistry classes at a Danish elementary
school in Copenhagen. A formative evaluation consisted of both a questionnaire,
observations, and interviews. The questionnaire was inspired by the User Engagement Scale (UES) short-form. Designing a serious game for pupils with the aim to increase the understanding of molecular structures, is not an easy task. This serious game was to some extend able to engage the pupils within the subject of chemistry. The game itself was reported to be very engaging, but the specific learning outcomes remains uncertain.We can conclude that the serious game was visually appealing, the pupils were absorbed in the game, and wanted to continue playing. However, the designed serious game was also a bit confusing and made too difficult, resulting in frustrations for the pupils. Further, there are still some important challenges in howto increase the validity and reliability when evaluating serious games with children and adolescent as the users.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Serious Games. JCSG 2021
Redaktører	Bobbie Fletcher, Minhua Ma, Stefan Göbel, Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, Tim Marsh
Antal sider	13
Vol/bind	12945
Forlag	Springer
Publikationsdato	2021
Sider	263-275
ISBN (Trykt)	978-3-030-88271-6
ISBN (Elektronisk)	978-3-030-88272-3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88272-3_19
Status	Udgivet - 2021
Begivenhed	Joint International Conference on Serious Games 2021 - Virtual event Varighed: 12 jan. 2022 → 13 jan. 2022

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Konference	Joint International Conference on Serious Games 2021
Lokation	Virtual event
Periode	12/01/2022 → 13/01/2022

Navn	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
ISSN	0302-9743

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Chemistry
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Bjørner, T., Hansen, L. G., Valimaa, M., Sørensen, J. U., & Dobre, M. (2021). Design and Evaluation of a Serious Game to Supplement Pupils’ Understanding of Molecular Structures in Chemistry. I B. Fletcher, M. Ma, S. Göbel, J. Baalsrud Hauge, & T. Marsh (red.), Serious Games. JCSG 2021 (Bind 12945, s. 263-275). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88272-3_19

Bjørner, Thomas ; Hansen, Louise Gaard ; Valimaa, Miicha et al. / Design and Evaluation of a Serious Game to Supplement Pupils’ Understanding of Molecular Structures in Chemistry. Serious Games. JCSG 2021. red. / Bobbie Fletcher ; Minhua Ma ; Stefan Göbel ; Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge ; Tim Marsh. Bind 12945 Springer, 2021. s. 263-275 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Design and Evaluation of a Serious Game to Supplement Pupils’ Understanding of Molecular Structures in Chemistry. / Bjørner, Thomas; Hansen, Louise Gaard ; Valimaa, Miicha et al.
Serious Games. JCSG 2021. red. / Bobbie Fletcher; Minhua Ma; Stefan Göbel; Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge; Tim Marsh. Bind 12945 Springer, 2021. s. 263-275 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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