An Educational Word Arcade Game
Elizabeth Pyatt, Penn State
Presented by Penn State’s
 Educational
Gaming Commons
Bim Angst (Instructor, English)
 Jason Wolfe (Programmer, EGC)
 Elizabeth Pyatt (Instr Dsgnr, EGC)
 GO TEAM!
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Scenario
Beginning English Comp Course
 Students need proofreading practice
 Students hate proofreading 
 Let’s make a fun game! 
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The Mechanics
Scrolling, timed text
 Click on typos for valuable points
 Watch out – points off for incorrect
guesses!
 Scoreboard. Who can proof the fastest?
 Storyline across texts. Spooky mystery.
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Student Survey Says…
Good practice for grammar quizzes
 More fun than quizzes
 Many enjoyed storyline/competition
 Whoa! This moves fast! (game can be
slowed)
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Statistically Significant!
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S.D. change in pretest vs post test
scores for gaming vs non-gaming
sections for α=0.05 (t=2.26)
Let’s demo it!
 Game
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