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Intuitive Game Design for Early Learning in Music

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Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Multimedia Technology (ICMT 2013)

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This research developed an intuitive interactive game to prepare subjects for early stage learning in music. The design content is based on Bruner’s knowledge map and applied Orff and Kodály’s philosophy and teaching to inspire music intelligence in children and prepare them for music learning later in life. Experimental research is also established in this study. Via experimental research, the authors test the records, analyze, and discuss the influential factors on music learning and the development of musical intelligence. This paper presents the first half of experimental research design, including exploring the design principles, developing musical games in an intuitive and interactive manner, and constructing a device on the android system with Flash.

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Acknowledgment

This research is funded by National Science Council in Taiwan, ROC (Case number: NSC 101-2410-H-275-009-).

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  1. Department of Digital Content Design, Ling Tung University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China

    Szu-Ming Chung & Chun-Tsai Wu

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  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Louisville, Kentucky, Kentucky, USA

    Aly A. Farag

  2. Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, People's Republic of China

    Jian Yang

  3. Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, People's Republic of China

    Feng Jiao

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Chung, SM., Wu, CT. (2014). Intuitive Game Design for Early Learning in Music. In: Farag, A., Yang, J., Jiao, F. (eds) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Multimedia Technology (ICMT 2013). Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 278. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41407-7_39

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