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A quest for meta-learning gains in a physics serious game
Verpoorten, Dominique; Castaigne, J.-L.; Westera, W. et al.
2014In Education and Information Technologies, 19 (2), p. 361-374
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Keywords :
Confidence degrees; Meta-cognition; Reflection; Secondary school pupils; Serious games; Elektra project
Abstract :
[en] This paper describes how a short, repeated and structured opportunity to reflect was integrated in the storyline of a serious game in order to stimulate the development of a meta-cognitive skill: the ability to self-assess the degree of confidence in own answers. An empirical validation of the approach, conducted with 28 secondary school pupils, delivers an uncommon pattern: while the cognitive benefits-the acquisition of academic knowledge in optics-are negligible and mixed up, the meta-cognitive gains present a raising tendency. The experiment also demonstrates that reflection does not necessarily hamper the game flow, if certain conditions, discussed in the paper, are met. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
Disciplines :
Education & instruction
Author, co-author :
Verpoorten, Dominique  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut de Formation et de Recherche en Enseignement Supérieur (IFRES) > Pédagogie de l'Enseignement supérieur
Castaigne, J.-L.;  École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Lyon, 3 rue Maurice-Audin, BP 170, Vaulx-en-Velin Cedex, 69512, France
Westera, W.;  CELSTEC, Open University in the Netherlands, Valkenburgerweg 177, Heerlen, 6411AT, Netherlands
Specht, M.;  CELSTEC, Open University in the Netherlands, Valkenburgerweg 177, Heerlen, 6411AT, Netherlands
Language :
English
Title :
A quest for meta-learning gains in a physics serious game
Alternative titles :
[fr] Dans un jeu sérieux, une quête de gains méta-cognitifs
Publication date :
01 June 2014
Journal title :
Education and Information Technologies
ISSN :
1360-2357
Publisher :
Springer Science & Business Media B.V.
Volume :
19
Issue :
2
Pages :
361-374
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funders :
FP6
Commentary :
Verpoorten, D., Castaigne, J.-L., Westera, W., & Specht, M. (2014). A quest for meta-learning gains in a physics serious game. Education and Information Technologies, 19(2), 361-374.
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