Information and Learning Sciences: Volume 120 Issue 9/10

Guest editorial

Sinem Siyahhan, Matthew Gaydos

Collaborative inquiry play: A design case to frame integration of collaborative problem solving with story-centric games

Asmalina Saleh, Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver, Krista D. Glazewski, Bradford Mott, Yuxin Chen, Jonathan P. Rowe, James C. Lester

This paper aims to present a model of collaborative inquiry play: rule-based imaginary situations that provide challenging problems and support agentic multiplayer interactions…

Game-based structural debriefing: How can teachers design game-based curricula for systems thinking?

Yoon Jeon Kim, Oleg Pavlov

The authors developed a pedagogical framework called the game-based structural debriefing (GBSD) to leverage the affordances of video games for teaching systems thinking. By…

Designing for mathematical play: failure and feedback

Caro Williams-Pierce

The purpose of this paper is to explore three different types of digital environments for mathematics learning that may support mathematical play and the failure and feedback…

The impact of different play activity designs on students’ embodied learning

Bria Davis, Xintian Tu, Chris Georgen, Joshua A. Danish, Noel Enyedy

This paper aims to build on work that has demonstrated the value of play or game-based learning environments and to further unpack how different kinds of play activities can…

High school students’ role-playing for identity exploration: findings from virtual city planning

Aroutis Foster, Mamta Shah, Amanda Barany, Hamideh Talafian

This paper aims to report findings for the following question, “What is the nature of high school students’ identity exploration as a result of exploring the role-possible selves…

Dropping in to game design: Iterations of a skatepark physics game for a children’s museum exhibit

Benjamin M. DeVane, Jeremy Dietmeier, Kristen Missall, Salloni Nanda, Michala Cox, Ben J. Miller, Ethan Valentine, Deb M. Dunkhase

This paper aims to present an iterative approach to creating a collaborative design-and-play skatepark videogame for a children’s museum physics exhibit. Intended for children of…