Lifelong learning with a digital math game: Performance and basic experience differences across age

Simon Greipl; Korbinian Moeller; Kristian Kiili; Manuel Ninaus

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-34350-7_29

Lifelong learning with a digital math game: Performance and basic experience differences across age

Simon Greipl, Korbinian Moeller, Kristian Kiili, Manuel Ninaus

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Gaming is acknowledged as a natural way of learning and established as a mainstream activity. Nevertheless, gaming performance and subjective game experience were hardly examined across adult age groups for which the game was not intended to. In contrast to serious games as specific tools against a natural, age-related decline in cognitive performance, we evaluated performance and subjective experiences of the established math learning game Semideus across three age groups from 19 to 79. Observed decline in performance in terms of processing speed were not exclusively predicted by age, but also by gaming frequency. Strongest age-related drops of processing speed were found for the middle-aged group aged 35 to 59 years. On the other hand, more knowledge-dependent performance measures like the amount of correctly solved problems remained comparably stable. According to subjective ratings, the middle-aged group experienced the game as less fluent and automatic compared to the younger and older groups. Additionally, the elderly group of participants reported fewer negative attitudes towards technology than both younger groups. We conclude that, albeit performance differences with respect to processing speed, subjective gaming experience stayed on an overall high positive level. This further encourages the use of games for learning across age.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Games and Learning Alliance- 8th International Conference, GALA 2019, Proceedings
Editors	Antonios Liapis, Georgios N. Yannakakis, Manuel Gentile, Manuel Ninaus
Publisher	Springer
Pages	301-311
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-34349-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34350-7_29
Publication status	Published - 2019
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance - Duration: 1 Jan 2019 → …

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	11899
ISSN (Print)	1611-3349

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Conference	International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance
Period	1/01/19 → …

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Elderly
Game-based learning
Life-long learning
Number-line estimation
Reliability
User-experience

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Greipl, S., Moeller, K., Kiili, K., & Ninaus, M. (2019). Lifelong learning with a digital math game: Performance and basic experience differences across age. In A. Liapis, G. N. Yannakakis, M. Gentile, & M. Ninaus (Eds.), Games and Learning Alliance- 8th International Conference, GALA 2019, Proceedings (pp. 301-311). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 11899). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34350-7_29

Greipl, Simon ; Moeller, Korbinian ; Kiili, Kristian et al. / Lifelong learning with a digital math game: Performance and basic experience differences across age. Games and Learning Alliance- 8th International Conference, GALA 2019, Proceedings. editor / Antonios Liapis ; Georgios N. Yannakakis ; Manuel Gentile ; Manuel Ninaus. Springer, 2019. pp. 301-311 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Greipl, S, Moeller, K, Kiili, K & Ninaus, M 2019, Lifelong learning with a digital math game: Performance and basic experience differences across age. in A Liapis, GN Yannakakis, M Gentile & M Ninaus (eds), Games and Learning Alliance- 8th International Conference, GALA 2019, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 11899, Springer, pp. 301-311, International Conference on Games and Learning Alliance, 1/01/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34350-7_29

Lifelong learning with a digital math game: Performance and basic experience differences across age. / Greipl, Simon; Moeller, Korbinian; Kiili, Kristian et al.
Games and Learning Alliance- 8th International Conference, GALA 2019, Proceedings. ed. / Antonios Liapis; Georgios N. Yannakakis; Manuel Gentile; Manuel Ninaus. Springer, 2019. p. 301-311 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 11899).

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Greipl S, Moeller K, Kiili K, Ninaus M. Lifelong learning with a digital math game: Performance and basic experience differences across age. In Liapis A, Yannakakis GN, Gentile M, Ninaus M, editors, Games and Learning Alliance- 8th International Conference, GALA 2019, Proceedings. Springer. 2019. p. 301-311. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-34350-7_29

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