Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Pervasive Serious Game for Exam Preparation: Exploring the Motivational Effects of Game Narratives

  • Conference paper
  • First Online:
Serious Games (JCSG 2023)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 14309))

Included in the following conference series:

Abstract

German students have a high level of stress due to exam anxiety and performance requirements. Serious games can help improve students’ well-being and performance. The principle of pervasive games also brings many opportunities. Regarding the design of such games, there is still no consensus on which game design elements bring positive effects in which contexts. In this paper, we present a new pervasive serious game for exam preparation. The game design was adapted to investigate the relationship between motivation and game narrative. A pilot study’s results show that the presence of a game narrative did not affect the subjects’ motivation. However, the thematic relationship between the game narrative and learning content seemed to be important for the subjects’ motivation. Overall, most of the subjects enjoyed the game and could imagine preparing for exams with such games in the future.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 79.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Medizinwissen, auf das man sich verlassen kann \(|\) AMBOSS (2022). https://www.amboss.com/de/

  2. Arbeitsgruppe Hochschulforschung: 13. Studierendensurvey an Universitäten und Fachhochschulen: Studiensituation und studentische Orientierungen (2017)

    Google Scholar 

  3. Arduino - Home (2023). https://www.arduino.cc/. Accessed 05 Dec 2023

  4. Barata, G., Gama, S., Fonseca, M.J., Gonçalves, D.: Improving student creativity with gamification and virtual worlds. In: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, pp. 95–98 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1145/2583008.2583023

  5. Barata, G., Gama, S., Jorge, J., Gonçalves, D.: Improving participation and learning with gamification. In: ACM International Conference Proceeding Series pp. 10–17 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1145/2583008.2583010

  6. Boeker, M., Andel, P., Vach, W., Frankenschmidt, A.: Game-based E-learning is more effective than a conventional instructional method: a randomized controlled trial with third-year medical students. PLOS One 8(12) (2013). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0082328, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0082328

  7. Buckley, P., Doyle, E.: Gamification and student motivation. Interact. Learn. Environ. 24, 1162–1175 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2014.964263

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Chapman, J.R., Rich, P.J.: Does educational gamification improve students’ motivation? If so, which game elements work best? J. Educ. Bus. 93, 314–321 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1080/08832323.2018.1490687

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. Deterding, S., Dixon, D., Khaled, R., Nacke, L.: From game design elements to gamefulness. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Academic MindTrek Conference on Envisioning Future Media Environments - MindTrek 2011, p. 9 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1145/2181037.2181040

  10. Figueiredo, J., Garcia-Penalvo, F.J.: Increasing student motivation in computer programming with gamification. In: 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), pp. 997–1000 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125283

  11. Germa, A., Gosset, M., et al.: OSCEGame: a serious game for OSCE training. Eur. J. Dent. Educ. 25, 657–663 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1111/eje.12643

  12. Guay, F., Vallerand, R.J., Blanchard, C.: On the assessment of situational intrinsic and extrinsic motivation: the situational motivation scale (SIMS). Motiv. Emot. 24 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005614228250

  13. Ergonomie der Mensch-System-Interaktion - Teil 210: Menschzentrierte Gestaltung interaktiver Systeme (ISO 9241-210:2019); Deutsche Fassung (2019). https://doi.org/10.31030/3104744

  14. Jemmali, C., Bunian, S., Mambretti, A., El-Nasr, M.S.: Educational game design: an empirical study of the effects of narrative. In: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games pp. 1–10 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1145/3235765.3235783

  15. Johnson, D., Deterding, S., Kuhn, K.A., Staneva, A., Stoyanov, S., Hides, L.: Gamification for health and wellbeing: a systematic review of the literature. Internet Interv. 6, 89–106 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2016.10.002

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. Likert, R.: A Technique for the Measurement of Attitudes, 140 edn., pp. 1–55. Archives of Psychology (1932)

    Google Scholar 

  17. Montola, M.: Exploring the edge of the magic circle: defining pervasive games. In: Proceedings of DAC, vol. 1966, p. 103 (2005)

    Google Scholar 

  18. Preim, B., Dachselt, R.: Interaktive Systeme. Springer, Heidelberg (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45247-5

    Book  Google Scholar 

  19. Sailer, M.: Die Wirkung von Gamification auf Motivation und Leistung. Springer, Wiesbaden (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-14309-1

  20. Stoldt, F.: Pervasive serious game for exam preparation: exploring the motivational effects of game narratives. Master’s thesis, Institute of Telematics at the University of Lübeck, Germany (2022)

    Google Scholar 

  21. Theodosiou, S., Karasavvidis, I.: Serious games design: a mapping of the problems novice game designers experience in designing games. J. e-Learn. knowl. Soc. 11(3) (2015). https://doi.org/10.20368/1971-8829/1071. IGENAC Model

  22. Zhonggen, Y.: A meta-analysis of use of serious games in education over a decade. Int. J. Comput. Games Technol. 2019 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/4797032

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Telematics, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23562, Lübeck, Germany

    Finn Stoldt, Lea C. Brandl & Andreas Schrader

Authors
  1. Finn Stoldt
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Lea C. Brandl
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Andreas Schrader
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Finn Stoldt .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

    Mads Haahr

  2. University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica

    Alberto Rojas-Salazar

  3. TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

    Stefan Göbel

Ethics declarations

Contributions of the Authors

FS, LB, AS: conception of the study, FS: conduct of the study, data collection, data analysis and interpretation; FS, LB: writing of the manuscript, AS substantial revision of the manuscript. All authors have approved the manuscript as submitted and accept responsibility for the scientific integrity of the work.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2023 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this paper

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this paper

Stoldt, F., Brandl, L.C., Schrader, A. (2023). Pervasive Serious Game for Exam Preparation: Exploring the Motivational Effects of Game Narratives. In: Haahr, M., Rojas-Salazar, A., Göbel, S. (eds) Serious Games. JCSG 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14309. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44751-8_40

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44751-8_40

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-031-44750-1

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-031-44751-8

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation