MathBharata: A serious game for motivating disabled students to study mathematics

Remy Giovanny Mangowal; Umi Laili Yuhana; Eko M. Yuniarno; Mauridhi Hery Purnomo

doi:10.1109/SeGAH.2017.7939277

MathBharata: A serious game for motivating disabled students to study mathematics

Remy Giovanny Mangowal^*
, Umi Laili Yuhana
, Eko M. Yuniarno
, Mauridhi Hery Purnomo

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Electrical Engineering
Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember

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Abstract

Game addiction is a serious issue. A lot of children play games too much that it hinders their academic prowess. This further makes hard subjects like mathematics to be more difficult for the student. This paper proposes a method to motivate students to study mathematics using a serious game to utilize that gaming addiction to help students instead. Serious game is a game which conveys serious content. MathBharata is a serious quiz game where players can try to answer multiple choice questions with incrementing difficulty. It uses various aspects to entice students to learn mathematics. MathBharata was tested on 85 students of both regular and disabled school. Every student who tested the MathBharata game, including both disabled students and regular students, responded that playing the game boosted their motivation to study more to beat the game, with 29.4% of students responding with 'Strongly Agree' and 70.6% students responding with 'Agree'.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE 5th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2017
Editors	Nuno Rodrigues, Joao L. Vilaca, Nuno Dias, Kevin Wong, Sara de Freitas, Duarte Duque
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509054824
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SeGAH.2017.7939277
Publication status	Published - 5 Jun 2017
Event	5th IEEE International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2017 - Perth, Australia Duration: 2 Apr 2017 → 4 Apr 2017

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Name	2017 IEEE 5th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2017

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Conference	5th IEEE International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2017
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Perth
Period	2/04/17 → 4/04/17

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Mangowal, R. G., Yuhana, U. L., Yuniarno, E. M., & Purnomo, M. H. (2017). MathBharata: A serious game for motivating disabled students to study mathematics. In N. Rodrigues, J. L. Vilaca, N. Dias, K. Wong, S. de Freitas, & D. Duque (Eds.), 2017 IEEE 5th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2017 Article 7939277 (2017 IEEE 5th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2017). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/SeGAH.2017.7939277

Mangowal, Remy Giovanny ; Yuhana, Umi Laili ; Yuniarno, Eko M. et al. / MathBharata : A serious game for motivating disabled students to study mathematics. 2017 IEEE 5th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2017. editor / Nuno Rodrigues ; Joao L. Vilaca ; Nuno Dias ; Kevin Wong ; Sara de Freitas ; Duarte Duque. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. (2017 IEEE 5th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2017).

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Mangowal, RG, Yuhana, UL , Yuniarno, EM & Purnomo, MH 2017, MathBharata: A serious game for motivating disabled students to study mathematics. in N Rodrigues, JL Vilaca, N Dias, K Wong, S de Freitas & D Duque (eds), 2017 IEEE 5th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2017., 7939277, 2017 IEEE 5th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2017, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 5th IEEE International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2017, Perth, Australia, 2/04/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/SeGAH.2017.7939277

MathBharata: A serious game for motivating disabled students to study mathematics. / Mangowal, Remy Giovanny; Yuhana, Umi Laili ; Yuniarno, Eko M. et al.
2017 IEEE 5th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2017. ed. / Nuno Rodrigues; Joao L. Vilaca; Nuno Dias; Kevin Wong; Sara de Freitas; Duarte Duque. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. 7939277 (2017 IEEE 5th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2017).

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Mangowal RG, Yuhana UL , Yuniarno EM , Purnomo MH. MathBharata: A serious game for motivating disabled students to study mathematics. In Rodrigues N, Vilaca JL, Dias N, Wong K, de Freitas S, Duque D, editors, 2017 IEEE 5th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. 7939277. (2017 IEEE 5th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health, SeGAH 2017). doi: 10.1109/SeGAH.2017.7939277

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