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The Challenge in Creating Games for Education: Aligning Mental Models With Game Models
Author(s) -
Boyan Andy,
Sherry John L.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
child development perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1750-8606
pISSN - 1750-8592
DOI - 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00160.x
Subject(s) - game design , perspective (graphical) , matching (statistics) , game mechanics , psychology , core (optical fiber) , video game , human–computer interaction , computer science , multimedia , artificial intelligence , telecommunications , statistics , mathematics
— Recently, there has been a great deal of interest in the use of video games for education because of the high level of engagement of players. This article blends research on game engagement from the media flow perspective with current pedagogical theory to advance 2 core design principles for a model educational game design: model matching and layering.