TY - GEN
T1 - Effects of virtual opponents in video game on students with different fluency
AU - Wu, Frank S.H.
AU - Cheng, Hercy N.H.
AU - Reynolds, Barry Lee
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Many researchers are concerned about the effects of video games on learning, especially the games with virtual opponents; therefore, the main purpose of this paper is to investigate the possible impacts. The authors designed Forest Defense, a digital game for practicing mental arithmetic, with two modes: training and challenge modes. In the challenge mode, students have to face virtual opponents which have not been shown in the training mode. A preliminary experiment was conducted to examine the effects of the challenge mode in Forest Defense. The results showed that virtual opponents did not influence the accuracy of the high-ability students, but significantly decreased the accuracy of the low-ability students. The results also suggested that if practicing more, the low-ability students were more able to face virtual opponents.
AB - Many researchers are concerned about the effects of video games on learning, especially the games with virtual opponents; therefore, the main purpose of this paper is to investigate the possible impacts. The authors designed Forest Defense, a digital game for practicing mental arithmetic, with two modes: training and challenge modes. In the challenge mode, students have to face virtual opponents which have not been shown in the training mode. A preliminary experiment was conducted to examine the effects of the challenge mode in Forest Defense. The results showed that virtual opponents did not influence the accuracy of the high-ability students, but significantly decreased the accuracy of the low-ability students. The results also suggested that if practicing more, the low-ability students were more able to face virtual opponents.
KW - Game-based learning
KW - Technology enhanced learning
KW - Video games in education
KW - Virtual opponent
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84856948856
SN - 9789868473522
T3 - Proceedings - ICCE 2008: 16th International Conference on Computers in Education
SP - 761
EP - 765
BT - Proceedings - ICCE 2008
T2 - 16th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2008
Y2 - 27 October 2008 through 31 October 2008
ER -