The Wondrous Treasure: A Serious Educational Game
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Date
2020
Authors
Ghanim, Aseel
Saadeh, Majdoleen
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Abstract
Education was effected by technological development that occurred as a result of the
knowledge revolution. Based on the current emergency situation of the crisis, the move to e learning has become an urgent necessity. Students spend a long time on cell phones because
school education is interrupted. Due to this, we can utilize the student’s time by playing online,
while at the same time benefiting and developing his abilities.
Using games in the classroom is still limited, and in it’s in research step due to psychological and
social reasons. Serious games are used for many educational purposes. It's a way to entertain. It
supports communication and information technology. It aims to multiple educational goals for
all ages. Besides, it is applicable in almost any field. These games are a good way to keep the
focus of students and offer to learn while the students entertained. The serious educational
games also affect the logic of mathematics intelligence positively. This type of game is used to
improve observation abilities and to exercise reaction ability. It also improves the creativity of
the students. The students could have build-up knowledge and productive learning.
In this project, we are programming a serious educational game of young people in for school
age groups. This game deals with the school curriculum for students in a fun and entertaining
way, which helps students engage with it. It deals with mathematics. This game is trying to
solve the problem of kids ’attachment to the games or make it as an advantage, and then
measure the students’ acceptance of serious games. It also measures the acceptance and
reaction of specialists to the idea. There are a lot of similar applications available today. One of
them is Word wall which can be used to create both interactive and printable activities. Many
teachers in Palestine use it as a way for e-learning. We are the first ones who create a serious
educational game