Games for Traffic Education: An Experimental Study of a Game-Based Driving Simulator

Autor/inn/en	Backlund, Per; Engstrom, Henrik; Johannesson, Mikael; Lebram, Mikael
Titel	Games for Traffic Education: An Experimental Study of a Game-Based Driving Simulator
Quelle	In: Simulation & Gaming, 41 (2010) 2, S.145-169 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1046-8781
DOI	10.1177/1046878107311455
Schlagwörter	Traffic Safety; Motor Vehicles; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Simulation; Driver Education; Computer Software; Qualitative Research; Computers; Educational Technology; Instructional Design; Instructional Materials; Games; Teaching Methods; Young Adults + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Motor vehicle; Kraftwagen; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Fahrschule; Qualitative Forschung; Digitalrechner; Unterrichtsmedien; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Game; Spiel; Spiele; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener
Abstract	In this article, the authors report on the construction and evaluation of a game-based driving simulator using a real car as a joystick. The simulator is constructed from off-the-shelf hardware and the simulation runs on open-source software. The feasibility of the simulator as a learning tool has been experimentally evaluated. Results are reported from an experimental study of games and traffic safety performed in an advanced gaming environment. During car simulator sessions, the authors collected data about different traffic safety variables, such as speed, headway distance, and lane change behavior, from 70 participants. The data were analyzed to investigate possible individual learning effects and differences between groupings of participants. The experiment shows clear, positive, individual learning effects for all traffic safety variables analyzed. The authors also made a qualitative analysis of the participants' perception of the simulator as a learning tool. From the results, it is concluded that a game-based simulation can be used to enhance learning in driving education. (Contains 5 tables and 5 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10