Planetary marching cubes for STEM sandbox game-based learning: Enhancing student interest and performance with simulation realism planet simulating sandbox

Sin, Zackary P. T.; Ng, Peter H. F.; Shiu, Simon; Chung, Fu-Lai

doi:10.1109/educon.2017.7943069

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“…The rapid development and functional effects of STEM education programs in western countries have attracted the interest of many researchers and policymakers from other countries (Sheffield et al, 2018;Timms et al, 2018), including Asia. Eastern countries face similar problems where there is a lack of interest from the younger generation in careers related to STEM (Jayarajah et al, 2014;Kim et al, 2015;Sin, Ng, Shiu, & Chung, 2017). Furthermore, Jayarajah et al (2014) and Shahali, Halim, Rasul, Osman, & Zulkifeli (2017) exemplify Malaysia consistently registers lower numbers of citizens interested in science, engineering, and technology issues compared to the USA.…”

Section: Stem Education and Its Significant Development In Asian Regionsmentioning

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Evidence of STEM enactment effectiveness in Asian student learning outcomes

2020

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This study used a systematic review and meta-analysis as a method to investigate whether STEM enactment in Asia effectively enhances students’ learning outcomes. Verifiable examples of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education, effectively being applied in Asia, are presented in this study. The study involved 4768 students from 54 studies. Learning outcomes focused on the students’ academic learning achievement, higher-order thinking skills (HOTS), and motivation. The analysis results of effect sizes showed that the STEM enactments in Asia were effective at a moderate level (0.69 [0.58, 0.81 of 95% CI]) of improving students’ learning outcomes. Sequentially, the effectiveness of STEM enactment starts from students’ higher-order thinking skills, moves to students’ academic learning achievement, and ends with the motivation. In addition, STEM enactments in Asia were carried out with several variations where STEM integrated with project-based learning was preferred. The recommendations of this study include a combination of the learning approach, learning orientation, and duration of instruction, all of which contribute to the STEM enactment effectiveness and maximize results in STEM education. Some practical implications, such as the central role of the teacher during the STEM enactment, are extensively discussed. This study supports that STEM education is a universally crucial tool which effectively prepares students from various national and cultural backgrounds, across Asia, toward improved learning outcomes.

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Section: Stem Education and Its Significant Development In Asian Regionsmentioning

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Evidence of STEM enactment effectiveness in Asian student learning outcomes

2020

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“…Few studies have proposed and/or evaluated educational games related to planets or the solar system (Muntean and Andrews, 2017). HelloPlanet is a game where the player can observe and interact with a planet that has a dynamic ecosystem, where the player can simulate organisms, non-organisms, terrains, and more (Sin et al, 2017). The game evaluation results from 41 primary and secondary school children, showed a statistically significant learning gain for both girls and boys, and an effect on interest in STEM for girls, but not for boys.…”

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Final Frontier Game: A Case Study on Learner Experience

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Moldovan

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Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Education

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Teachers are facing many difficulties when trying to improve the motivation, engagement, and learning outcomes of students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) subjects. Game-based learning helps the students learn in an immersive and engaging environment, attracting them more towards STEM education. This paper introduces a new interactive educational 3D video game called Final Frontier, designed for primary school children. The proposed game design methodology is described and an analysis of a research study conducted in Ireland that investigated learner experience through a survey is presented. Results show that: (1) 92.5% of students have confirmed that the video game helped them to understand better the characteristics of the planets from the Solar system, and (2) 92.6% of students enjoyed the game and appreciated different game features, including the combination between fun and learning aspects which exists in the game.

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