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An Educational Word Arcade Gam e

An Educational Word Arcade Gam e. Elizabeth Pyatt, Penn State. Presented by Penn State’s . Educational Gaming Commons Bim Angst (Instructor, English) Jason Wolfe (Programmer, EGC) Elizabeth Pyatt ( Instr Dsgnr , EGC) GO TEAM!. Scenario. Beginning English Comp Course

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An Educational Word Arcade Gam e

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  1. An Educational Word Arcade Game Elizabeth Pyatt, Penn State

  2. Presented by Penn State’s • Educational Gaming Commons • Bim Angst (Instructor, English) • Jason Wolfe (Programmer, EGC) • Elizabeth Pyatt (InstrDsgnr, EGC) • GO TEAM!

  3. Scenario • Beginning English Comp Course • Students need proofreading practice • Students hate proofreading • Let’s make a fun game!

  4. The Mechanics • Scrolling, timed text • Click on typos for valuable points • Watch out – points off for incorrect guesses! • Scoreboard. Who can proof the fastest? • Storyline across texts. Spooky mystery.

  5. Student Survey Says… • Good practice for grammar quizzes • More fun than quizzes • Many enjoyed storyline/competition • Whoa! This moves fast! (game can be slowed)

  6. Statistically Significant! • S.D. change in pretest vs post test scores for gaming vs non-gaming sections for α=0.05 (t=2.26)

  7. Let’s demo it! • Game Login

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