FA16-Project 7: Week 7

 

The name of the game I’m presenting is called Speed Round. The game is trying to teach teens and young adults to focus quickly and associate colors with the correct word. The learning experience the game creates for the player is to be quick on your feet as well as paying attention to what is being held in front of you. The rules of the game are simple, when the player is presented with a word for example horse, they would immediately think of the color brown since that is a common color for a horse. The tricky part about this game is that the word is colored in with a different color not associated with the animal. The word horse would be spelled in a green colored font and the player must say what the color of the font is rather than what they think the color of a horse is. They only have 5 seconds to write their answer. Once someone has 50 points or words correct, they are the winner. These rules may conflict with the learning objectives because people are too quick to go onto the next word without realizing they have the wrong answer. The challenges that are presented to the player is that the words will get more difficult but the colors are from ROYGBIV also known as the rainbow. The skills the player must learn are the colors of the rainbow. This game is targeted between the ages of 16-21 and both genders can play. People are very quick to focus on the word and think too hard on what color the word would be associated with rather than focus onto what is right in front of them.

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About Robert O. Duncan

I'm an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences at City University of New York, with joint appointments in Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. I also have an appointment as a Visiting Scholar at New York University. My research interests include cognitive neuroscience, functional magnetic resonance imaging, glaucoma, neurodegenerative disorders, attention, learning, memory, educational technology, pedagogy, and developing games for education.

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