Effects of Knowledge Construction Tools on Students' Learning Patterns in Collaborative Game-Based Learning Activities

In this paper, a collaborative game was developed by integrating a grid-based knowledge construction tool. Moreover, an experiment was conducted to examine effects of the knowledge construction tool-based gaming approach on students' behavioral patterns. From the experimental results, it was found that the students who learned with the knowledge construction tool-based collaborative game revealed significant behavioral patterns of “comparing and observing the learning targets” as well as “seeking clues and answers” on their own. This implies that integrating the knowledge construction tool into the collaborative educational game has great potential for fostering students' ability of applying what they have learned to deal with problems.

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