Implementation of Educational Play Game
Volume 12 Issue 2 2018
Download| Author(s): | Soobia Saeed |
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| Abstract | In recent years, educational phone games have been ineffective as educational tools. This has been mainly due to players being aware that they are learning whilst playing these games. This leads to players being bored and not learning whilst playing the phone games. This research work tries to answer the academic question, which is “Can phone games teach basic educational principles to primary school children without them being aware that they are learning?” The research starts with discussing, if phone games are effective tools to teach students. The research work continues by inspecting on what role motivation plays when students play fun games. This led to consider whether different learner styles can affect students on how much they can learn from playing phone games. Using this information, research is conducted into a suitable design methodology on how to effectively implement educational content into phone games. The given research showed that students tend to prefer learning by using phone games. A phone game was created using the research conducted on the design methodology for implementing educational principles into phone games. To develop the phone game, background research had to be conducted on modern phone games teaching, educational principles, appropriate tools for coding phone games and suitable testing methods. The testing was done on parents using a quiz and a questionnaire. The results of the test were used to answer the academic question, which showed that phone games can be used to teach basic educational principles to primary school children without them being aware that they are learning. This research concludes with what has been achieved and a critical evaluation of the methods and tools used during the research. |
| Keywords | phone, games, primary school, children, teach students. |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Type | Research paper, manuscript, article |
| Journal Name | Journal of Information & Communication Technology | Publisher Name | ILMA University | Jel Classification | - | DOI | - | ISSN no (E, Electronic) | 2075-7239 | ISSN no (P, Print) | 2415-0169 | Country | Pakistan | City | Karachi | Institution Type | University | Journal Type | Open Access | Manuscript Processing | Blind Peer Reviewed | Format | Paper Link | https://jict.ilmauniversity.edu.pk/journal/jict/12.2/4.pdf | Page | 23-29 |