Establishing a New Framework to Measure Challenge, Control and Goals in Different Game Genres

Ali Alkhafaji, Brian Grey, and Peter Hastings. Establishing a New Framework to Measure Challenge, Control and Goals in Different Game Genres. 2012.

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Abstract

For over 40 years, researchers investigated utilizing video games for education. Some of that research focused on the type of pedagogical content to embed in a game and how to integrate it, while others emphasized how to preserve the inherent intrinsic motivation in games. One of the many factors that could affect motivation and learning in video games is the different intrapersonal elements and attributes of games. In order to test those attributes' effect on motivation and learning we need to be able to define them and clearly establish a method for measuring them. The object of this study is to establish a framework for measuring three of these attributes, Challenge, Control and Goals, based on user perception. This framework is an initial step to establish a clear metric for measuring those attributes in five different game genres: First-Person Shooter, Racing, RPG, Arcade and Sports.

BibTeX

@misc{Alkhafaji:gls2012,
  author = 		 {{Ali Alkhafaji} and {Brian Grey} and Peter Hastings},
  title = 		 {Establishing a New Framework to Measure Challenge, Control and Goals in Different Game Genres},
  booktitle = {Presented at Games, Learning, and Society, 2012},
  year = 	 2012,
  address = {Madison, Wisconsin},
  cvnote = {},
  abstract = {For over 40 years, researchers investigated utilizing video games for education. Some of that research focused on the type of pedagogical content to embed in a game and how to integrate it, while others emphasized how to preserve the inherent intrinsic motivation in games. One of the many factors that could affect motivation and learning in video games is the different intrapersonal elements and attributes of games. In order to test those attributes' effect on motivation and learning we need to be able to define them and clearly establish a method for measuring them. The object of this study is to establish a framework for measuring three of these attributes, Challenge, Control and Goals, based on user perception. This framework is an initial step to establish a clear metric for measuring those attributes in five different game genres: First-Person Shooter, Racing, RPG, Arcade and Sports.}
}