Racing academy: a case study of a digital game for supporting students learning of physics and engineering

Richard Joiner; Ioanna Iacovides; Jos Darling; Andy Diament; Ben Drew; John Duddley; Martin Owen; Carl Gavin

doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-2848-9.ch026

Racing academy: a case study of a digital game for supporting students learning of physics and engineering

Richard Joiner, Ioanna Iacovides, Jos Darling, Andy Diament, Ben Drew, John Duddley, Martin Owen, Carl Gavin

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Racing Academy is a digital game, which is specifically designed to engage and motivate students in science and engineering. The aim of this chapter is to report a case study where the authors evaluated how effective Racing Academy is at supporting students' learning on science and engineering. The study involved 219 students from five different courses in three further and higher education institutions. The project found that after playing Racing Academy there is an increase in students' knowledge and understanding in all five of the courses in which Racing Academy was used. The students found Racing Academy motivating to play, and 95% thought that Racing Academy was successful. The implications of these findings and the lessons learnt are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Cases on Digital Game-Based Learning
Subtitle of host publication	Methods, Models, and Strategies
Editors	Youngkyun Baek, Nicola Whitton
Place of Publication	Hershey, U. S. A.
Publisher	IGI Global
Pages	509-523
ISBN (Electronic)	9781466628496
ISBN (Print)	9781466628489
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2848-9.ch026
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Joiner, R., Iacovides, I., Darling, J., Diament, A., Drew, B., Duddley, J., Owen, M., & Gavin, C. (2013). Racing academy: a case study of a digital game for supporting students learning of physics and engineering. In Y. Baek, & N. Whitton (Eds.), Cases on Digital Game-Based Learning: Methods, Models, and Strategies (pp. 509-523). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2848-9.ch026

Racing academy: a case study of a digital game for supporting students learning of physics and engineering. / Joiner, Richard; Iacovides, Ioanna; Darling, Jos et al.
Cases on Digital Game-Based Learning: Methods, Models, and Strategies. ed. / Youngkyun Baek; Nicola Whitton. Hershey, U. S. A.: IGI Global, 2013. p. 509-523.

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Joiner, R, Iacovides, I, Darling, J, Diament, A, Drew, B, Duddley, J, Owen, M & Gavin, C 2013, Racing academy: a case study of a digital game for supporting students learning of physics and engineering. in Y Baek & N Whitton (eds), Cases on Digital Game-Based Learning: Methods, Models, and Strategies. IGI Global, Hershey, U. S. A., pp. 509-523. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2848-9.ch026

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