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Syracuse University

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Learning Through Games: Essential Features Of An Educational Game, Kannan Amr May 2012

Learning Through Games: Essential Features Of An Educational Game, Kannan Amr

Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation - Dissertations

This study investigated the following research questions: (1) Do instructional games augment learning? (2) What is the impact of the challenge and fantasy features in instructional games on learning? For the purpose of this study, a game called "Humatan" was designed to teach human anatomy to high school students based on the Baltimore County Public Schools curriculum. Four different versions of the Humatan game were created:

1. A game with only the challenge feature turned on

2. A game with only the fantasy feature turned on

3. A game with both the challenge and fantasy features turned on

4. A …