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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 212-236 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Abstract
More than 10% of children in the age range 7-11 turn out to be poor text comprehenders: They have difficulties in reasoning about events of a story. TERENCE is the first adaptive learning system with stories and companion smart games, for reasoning about stories, and developed for primary-school poor comprehenders. The development of TERENCE followed both the user centred and the evidence-based design methodologies, by placing users at the centre of the development process and by choosing a design because of evidence of its effectiveness for the users. This paper presents the TERENCE smart games: it explains how such methodologies were used for iteratively designing and evaluating incrementally improved versions of the TERENCE smart games.
Keywords
- Evidencebased design, Formalisations of pedagogical theories, Game frameworks, Knowledge representation, Serious games, UCD, User-centred design
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Education
- Computer Science(all)
- Computer Science Applications
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In: International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2014, p. 212-236.
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AU - De La Prieta, Fernando
AU - Di Mascio, Tania
AU - Gennari, Rosella
AU - Marenzi, Ivana
AU - Vittorini, Pierpaolo
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PY - 2014
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