Rajan, P., & Raju, P., & Gill, J. T. (2014, June), Impact of an Engineering Design Serious Game on Student Learning in a K-12 Curriculum  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--20586

\bibitem{asee_peer_20586}
  Rajan, P., \& Raju, P., \& Gill, J. T. (2014, June), \emph{Impact of an Engineering Design Serious Game on Student Learning in a K-12 Curriculum}
  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  10.18260/1-2--20586

Pramod Rajan, P.K. Raju, and John Timothy Gill.  "Impact of an Engineering Design Serious Game on Student Learning in a K-12 Curriculum".  2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2014.  https://peer.asee.org/20586 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_20586}
  Pramod Rajan, P.K. Raju, and John Timothy Gill.
  "Impact of an Engineering Design Serious Game on Student Learning in a K-12 Curriculum".
  \emph{2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2014.
  https://peer.asee.org/20586 Internet.  15 Dec, 2024

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AB  -   Impact of Engineering Design Serious Game on Student Learning in K-12                          Technology EducationAbstract       There is a call to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) by preK-12 students and teachers, through research anddevelopment of innovative resources, models and tools [1]. There is also a need to infuseengineering content and design principles for student learning into diverse K-12 technologyeducation [2, 3]. Nolan Bushnell, Founder of Atari, father of the video game industry says, “Ifwe can integrate games within learning across the curriculum we can make education the propercompetition for our children’s minds.” BBC factual entertainment states that “People learnthrough games. 99% of boys and 97% of girls aged between 12-17 play video games.” In asurvey conducted in the United States with 25,544 teachers, 65% of teachers were interested inthe use of games in the classroom [4].       Serious games can be used for education at all levels, from preschool and elementaryschool, through middle school and high school, into higher education, and even into the jobmarket. This paper discusses the implementation of the engineering design serious game to agroup of senior level high school students. The main objective of the game is to teach theengineering design process to the students in a fun gaming environment. The serious game hasdifferent levels (tutorial, water tower level & train bridge level) and progressions. The game usesa tower building simulation as an example to explain the design process and to assess theirunderstanding of the game. The goals (for example: minimum height, maximum cost, minimumload) of the game are clearly defined at the beginning of each level. After learning theengineering design process through the serious game, the students work on a hands-on designproject applying the design process. The effectiveness of the serious game is examined through aconvergent parallel mixed methods approach [5]. The quantitative data will be analyzed using anexpanded 3P model [6], the 4P model (presage, pedagogy, process, and product). This modelprovides a theoretical framework for the evaluation questions that guide the qualitative study.The questions focus on students’ perceptions of the value and nature of serious game and theeffectiveness of the serious game in achieving student-learning outcomes. A team of externalresearchers will collect qualitative data from students through open-ended surveys and focusgroups. Analysis of the data from both a quantitative and qualitative perspective is expected toprovide a set of findings. The results of this project can contribute to understanding whetherserious games facilitate students’ deep learning about the concept of design process.References   1. National Science Foundation, (2013).      http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2013/nsf13601/nsf13601.htm   2. Gattie, D. K., & Wicklein, R. C. (2007). Curricular value and instructional needs for      infusing engineering design into K-12 technology education, Journal of Educational      Technology, Vol. 19 no.1.   3. Hailey, C., Erekson, T., Becker, K., & Thomas, M. (2005). National Center for      Engineering and Technology Education. The Technology Teacher. 64(5) 23-26.   4. Project Tomorrow, (2008). Speak Up 2007 for Students, Teachers, Parents & School      Leaders Selected National Findings - April 8, 2008. Retrieved from      http://www.tomorrow.org/docs/national%20findings%20speak%20up%202007.pdf   5. Creswell, J. W. (2013). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods      approaches. Sage Publications, Incorporated pp 219-224.   6. Biggs, J.B., Moore, P.J. (1993). The process of learning (3rd edition). Prentice Hall,      Sydney.
AU  - Pramod Rajan
AU  - P.K. Raju
AU  - John Timothy Gill
CY  - Indianapolis, Indiana
DA  - 2014/06/15
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Impact of an Engineering Design Serious Game on Student Learning in a K-12 Curriculum
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DO  - 10.18260/1-2--20586
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