{"title":"FormulaT Racing: combining gaming culture and intuitive sense of mechanism for video game design","authors":"N. Holbert, U. Wilensky","doi":"10.22318/ICLS2010.2.268","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"While video games are typically labeled either commercial or educational, little has been done to amplify the educational value of popular commercial games. Using data from a pilot study of children playing commercial games we have developed a prototype video game called FormulaT Racing. This game is designed to fit into gaming culture while simultaneously providing an environment that draws on players' intuitive beliefs to move them to a qualitative understanding of basic kinematic principles.","PeriodicalId":145751,"journal":{"name":"International Conference of the Learning Sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Conference of the Learning Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.22318/ICLS2010.2.268","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
While video games are typically labeled either commercial or educational, little has been done to amplify the educational value of popular commercial games. Using data from a pilot study of children playing commercial games we have developed a prototype video game called FormulaT Racing. This game is designed to fit into gaming culture while simultaneously providing an environment that draws on players' intuitive beliefs to move them to a qualitative understanding of basic kinematic principles.