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This paper reviews “The foolish lady” experiment: a serious game aimed to increment youngsters’ interest towards the classical theater play. The article overviews all the phases of the project, from game design to the evaluation in schools, the results obtained and how these have helped us shape our current research in new and innovative ways, such as taking into account players gaming profiles to better adapt the learning approach to the student.
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Manero, B., Torrente, J., Serrano, Á., Fernández-Manjón, B. (2015). Are Serious Games Working as Expected?. In: Chen, G., Kumar, V., Kinshuk, ., Huang, R., Kong, S. (eds) Emerging Issues in Smart Learning. Lecture Notes in Educational Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44188-6_12
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