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The Effect of Disposition to Critical Thinking on Playing Serious Games

Authors : Manuel Gentile, Giuseppe Città, Salvatore Perna, Alessandro Signa, Francesco Reale, Valentina Dal Grande, Simona Ottaviano, Dario La Guardia, Mario Allegra

Published in: Games and Learning Alliance

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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This research is a first attempt to investigate the relationship between students’ Disposition toward Critical Thinking (DCT) and their learning while engaging in the uManager serious game aimed at fostering the entrepreneurial mindset. Specifically, we will try to seek if the students’ DCT influences their game-playing. To this aim, the uManager game was renewed to directly include game mechanics able to support the processes that are at the base of critical thinking like clarifying meaning, analyzing arguments, evaluating evidence. This paper shows the results of a trial conducted with 92 students of the 12th grade.

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Title: The Effect of Disposition to Critical Thinking on Playing Serious Games
Authors: Manuel Gentile
Giuseppe Città
Salvatore Perna
Alessandro Signa
Francesco Reale
Valentina Dal Grande
Simona Ottaviano
Dario La Guardia
Mario Allegra
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Games and Learning Alliance
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-11547-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-11548-7

Copyright Year: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11548-7_1

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