Title :
Implications of a Formative Evaluation for Improving the Educational Effectiveness of an Educational Game for Spanish Orthography
Author :
Carmona, Cristina ; Millán, Eva
Author_Institution :
Departamento de Lenguajes y Ciencias de la Comput., Univ. de Malaga
Abstract :
An educational game is a recreational activity designed to teach people, typically children, about a certain subject or help them learn a skill as they play. These games are usually successful in engagement, but sometimes fail in triggering learning. This paper shows the results obtained when evaluating MITO, an educational game to teach Spanish orthography. This experiment let us find the main deficiencies of MITO and opens a new line of work that tries to fix them
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer games; natural languages; MITO; Spanish orthography; educational effectiveness; educational game; formative evaluation; recreational activity; skill learning; Art; Biology; Dictionaries; Education; Games; Logic; Mathematics; Natural languages; Physics; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies, 2006. Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kerkrade
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2632-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2006.1652512
