DOGeometry: teaching geometry through play

Günter Wallner; Simone Kriglstein

doi:10.1145/2367616.2367618

DOGeometry: teaching geometry through play

Günter Wallner
, Simone Kriglstein

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Abstract

This paper describes the evaluation of DOGeometry, an educational game which combines problem-solving tasks with artistic expression to teach concepts of transformation geometry. In contrast to many other educational games in this domain, the game does not use abstract figures but objects from nature to awake children's interest. Results of the study reveal that the game has been to some extent successful to teach the concepts to the intended age group of 8- to 10-year-old children. Visualizations of automatically tracked gameplay data make a compelling argument for not only considering the learning outcomes but to also observe the intermediate processes to obtain a more thorough understanding of player behavior.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Fun and Games'2012 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Fun and Games
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
Pages	11-18
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-1570-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2367616.2367618
Publication status	Published - 22 Oct 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	4th International Conference on Fun and Games, FnG 2012 - Toulouse, France Duration: 4 Sept 2012 → 6 Sept 2012

Conference

Conference	4th International Conference on Fun and Games, FnG 2012
Country/Territory	France
City	Toulouse
Period	4/09/12 → 6/09/12

Keywords

evaluation
game based learning
gameplay visualization
geometry

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