An Adaptive Serious Game of Statistics: project development and mechanisms
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Barbosa, Tiago; Lopes, Sergio F.; Soares, Filomena; Carvalho, Vitor; Leao, Celina P.
- Source
- 2019 5th Experiment International Conference (exp.at'19) Experiment Conference (exp.at'19), 2019 5th. :377-382 Jun, 2019
- Subject
- Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
General Topics for Engineers
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Games
Tools
Education
Yarn
Industrial electronics
Meteorology
Mathematics
Serious Game
Statistics
Storytelling
Adaptive Interaction
- Language
An adaptive serious game on Statistics is being under development in the framework of higher education. The main objective of this serious game is to promote and explain the applicability of statistics concepts in day-to-day life and in the decision-making process. The present work stresses the project development and mechanisms including the storyboard and game scenarios. The storyboard is based on a mystery where the clues and answers are defined in terms of statistics knowledge (probabilities, confidence intervals, hypotheses tests). The game scenarios were developed using open source tools and using as reference scenario the university campus. By doing this, the student/player are integrated in a "familiar" environment. It is expected to increase the students’ proficiency on Statistics.