Treasure Hunt Game Research Articles

Improving Students' Science Literacy Skills through Treasure Hunting Games with Problem Based Learning Model

This study aims to evaluate the impact of the Problem Based Learning (PBL) model with a treasure hunt game strategy on improving students' scientific literacy skills. The research method employed a quasi-experimental approach with a pretest-posttest control group design. The subjects consisted of two classes: an experimental class implementing the PBL model with the treasure hunt game strategy and a control class using conventional teaching methods. Data were collected through scientific literacy tests administered before and after the intervention and analyzed using stacking and racking analysis based on the Rasch Model. The results indicated that both classes experienced an increase in scientific literacy skills, with the experimental class showing a higher average increase of 1.99 compared to the control class's 1.80. Although the percentage difference in improvement was only about 11.24%, this suggests that the PBL method with the game strategy can provide additional positive contributions to science learning. The discussion highlights the importance of proper method implementation, teacher-student interaction, and learning environment conditions in influencing learning outcomes. In conclusion, while the PBL method with the game strategy is effective in enhancing scientific literacy, a holistic approach is still needed for optimal development of students' abilities.

Kemampuan Berpikir Kritis Pada Pembelajaran Pkn Menggunakan Model PBL Berbasis Treasure Hunt Dan QR Code

In the era of revolution 4.0, education does not only require intellectual abilities, but critical thinking, creative, communicative and collaboration skills. The problem with Civics learning is that it still prioritizes cognitive aspects, it has not been able to realize the goal of creating critical and responsible students. There needs to be innovation in Civics learning that combines problem-based learning models through games and is integrated with the use of technology in elementary schools. This research aims to find out the influence of problem based learning implemented through the QR code-assisted treasure hunt game on Civics learning. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. The analysis technique used is an interactive analysis model consisting of data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions or verification. The results of data analysis are presented in the form of descriptions supported by observations, interviews and literature studies. The results of the analysis and discussion can be concluded that critical thinking skills emerge in Civics learning using the PBL treasure hunt and QR code models. Critical thinking skills are demonstrated by the emergence of the following indicators: providing simple explanations, building basic skills, concluding, making further explanations, strategies and tactics. It is hoped that the results of this study can become a reference, especially in the field of education, to create a superior and characterful next generation.

Changes in physical activity after the introduction of an treasure hunt game during childcare activities

Changes in physical activity after the introduction of an treasure hunt game during childcare activities

The impact of treasure hunt games on learning outcomes in time measurement

Background: Educational games are increasingly recognized as effective teaching tools, especially in elementary education. This study focuses on the application of a treasure hunt game in teaching mathematics, specifically time measurement concepts, to second-grade students at SD Islam PB Soedirman, Cijantung, East Jakarta.Aim: The primary aim of this research was to assess the impact of the treasure hunt game on the improvement of mathematical learning outcomes among the students.Method: This research adopted a quantitative experimental approach with a Post-test Only Control Group design. The sample consisted of 50 second-grade students divided into two groups: an experimental group (2D) and a control group (2G), each with 25 students. The experimental group was taught using the treasure hunt game, while the control group did not receive any special intervention. Data collection was conducted through observation and objective testing with 13 multiple-choice questions that had been validated. Data analysis was performed using SPSS for testing validity and reliability, as well as for prerequisite and hypothesis testing.Results: The prerequisite test results indicated that the data were homogenous and valid. The hypothesis testing, conducted using a paired t-test, showed a significant value of 0.003 (p < 0.05), indicating a significant difference between the experimental and control groups.Conclusion: Based on the findings, it can be concluded that the treasure hunt game significantly influences the improvement of mathematical learning outcomes in time measurement for second-grade students. This suggests the effectiveness of game-based learning methods in the context of elementary mathematics education.

Design Principles for Content Creation in Location-Based Games

Location-based games have been around since 2000 across various fields, including education, health, and entertainment. The main challenge facing such games is content generation. In contrast to normal games, content in location-based games is inherently dependent on location. The biggest challenge is the availability of the content globally. Other challenges include player engagement, enjoyable interactions with the real-world environment, safety, and customizability based on player performance and preference. While crowdsourcing has often been adopted as a tool for content creation, this approach requires quality control. Designing high-quality content requires detailed guidelines. In this paper, we introduce design principles for the creation of high-quality content that can survive for long periods of time. These principles are derived from ten years of experience running our in-house orienteering treasure-hunt game called O-Mopsi , which represents a case study in this paper. O-Mopsi allows players to visit pre-defined locations. The design principles are expected to be generalizable to other location-based games as well as to the creation of sightseeing tours more generally.

How children speak with their voice assistant Sila depends on what they think about her

Children encounter artificial intelligence, e.g., voice assistants, at an increasingly younger age. However, we know far too little about children's communicative behavior with a voice-only interaction partner and whether and how their assumptions about the interaction partner predict how they communicate. To address these aspects, we ran a treasure hunt game with 50 5-6-year-olds who were guided through the hunt by a voice-only interaction partner “Sila” – acted by a human and connected via loudspeakers. Crucially, Sila was introduced either as a human or a voice assistant. We employed easy communication trials in which communication went smoothly and challenging communication trials that contained staged misunderstandings. Results showed that at the group level, children differed in the way they adjusted their speech across experimental phases – both in quantity (fewer grounding turns and fewer syllables in speech directed to voice assistants) and quality (reduced increase in f0 and intensity in speech directed to voice assistants). Notably, the communicative behavior was predicted by children's individual parasocial relationship with their voice-only interaction partner. We discuss the relevance of our findings for developmental science at the interface with communication science and phonetics, and the direct practical implications we can infer for speech technology.

A novel model-based reinforcement learning algorithm for solving the problem of unbalanced reward

Reward signal reinforcement learning algorithms can be used to solve sequential learning problems. However, in practice, they still suffer from the problem of reward imbalance, which limits their use in many contexts. To solve this unbalanced reward problem, in this paper, we propose a novel model-based reinforcement learning algorithm called the expected n-step value iteration (EnVI). Unlike traditional model-based reinforcement learning algorithms, the proposed method uses a new return function that changes the discount of future rewards while reducing the influence of the current reward. We evaluated the performance of the proposed algorithm on a Treasure-Hunting game and a Hill-Walking game. The results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can reduce the negative impact of unbalanced rewards and greatly improve the performance of traditional reinforcement learning algorithms.

USING TREASURE HUNT GAME TO IMPROVE THE SEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS’ READING SKILL AT SMP PGRI O4 MALANG

The main purpose of this research is to improve the seventh grade students’ reading skill. Reading is one of the basic skills that affect the life of individuals and plays a very important role in their environmental adaption. Reading is one of the language skills that enable to understand the information clearly. The goal of teaching reading for Indonesian students is to understand or comprehend the material of the test, because reading is a bridge to understanding about text they read. The researcher used CAR principle to collect the data that can improved students’ reading skill on the seventh grade in academic. The data collection involved instruments namely tests, questionnaires, and interview. The students questionnaires were to know the students opinion about the implementation of the treasure hunt game and the review was to know what difficulties are faced by the students. The researcher would know the students success in doing this action research by referring to the criterion of KKM was 80. There are some steps that will be done in each cycle they are, planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The mean score of post test in the cycle I was 53%, and in the cycle II was 86%. The findings of this research shows that students skill in reading is improved by using treasure hunt game. The conclusion showed that teaching reading using treasure hunt game is suitable for the improvement.

THE EFFICACY OF TREASURE HUNT GAME WITH LUWU LOCAL CULTURE BASED IN TEACHING ENGLISH VOCABULARY AND INTRODUCING CULTURES HERITAGES OF LUWU AT SMPIT AL HAFIDZ KOTA PALOPO

The aim of the research was to find out the efficacy of Treasure Hunt game with Luwu local culture content based for teaching vocabulary and introducing the cultures heritages of Luwu to the students at SMPIT Al Hafidz Kota Palopo. The method of the research was pre experiment. The subject of this research was the students of class 7th SMPIT Al Hafidz Kota Palopo consisting of 20 students. Test was used to collect the data. To analyze the data the researcher utilized t-test through SPSS 20. After the analysis, this research showed a significant improvement in the students’ vocabulary in English and students can enrich their knowledge on Luwu Culture. It is supported by the t-test result with the P value was 0.00. In conclusion, teaching vocabulary using Treasure Hunt game with Luwu Local culture content-based is effective both in English vocabulary development and Luwu culture knowledge of students.

Developing Physics Experiments Using Augmented Reality Game-Based Learning Approach: A Pilot Study in Primary School

The augmented reality game-based learning (ARGBL) approach is an advantageous pathway for the development and enhancement of teaching and learning processes. To this end, this paper presents the design and development of an ARGBL application for the implementation of physics experiments in the fifth grade of a Greek primary school. The purpose of the ARGBL system is twofold: to educate and entertain. For this reason, a treasure hunt game was implemented, which allows students to interact with a digital world and to manipulate virtual objects with the use of an augmented reality (AR) device. Then, according to the instructions, students have to collect all the materials to conduct the AR educational experiment. Overall, the evaluation of the system’s usability by 17 users (both students and teachers) was very promising, indicating that the ARGBL application has the potential to be an easy-to-use educational tool for improving not only the teaching of physics experiments in primary school but also the learning process, by positively affecting the students’ motivation and engagement.

Kontribusi Metode Treasure Hunt Game dan Kreatifitas Guru Terhadap Hasil Belajar Siswa dalam Pembelajaran Tematik Terpadu di Sekolah Dasar

This study aims at finding out the contribution of the Treasure Hunt Game method and teacher’s creativity to the students’ learning outcomes in the integrated thematic learning at third-grade of elementary schools of Gugus V in Bayang District, West Sumatra. This study used a quantitative approach with a correlation design. The data were the scores of the teacher’s creativity and student’s learning outcomes in the cognitive domain in the form of objective questions. The results indicate the relationship between the teacher’s creativity and the Treasure Hunt Game method on the third-grade elementary school students’ learning outcomes. The scores of the teachers’ creativity at the first to fourth meetings were 60%, 75%, 80%, and 85%, respectively; while the average learning outcomes of the students were 66.6, 75.6, 82.2, and 87.2, respectively. At Class III of SDN 31 Ambacang, the scores of the teachers’ creativity in using the Treasure Hunt Game method at the first to fourth meetings were 65%, 75%, 85%, and 90%, respectively; while the average learning outcomes of the students at Class III of SDN 29 Ambacang were 74.4, 80, 83.3, and 86.6, respectively

Expectations Vs. Reality: Unreliability and Transparency in a Treasure Hunt Game With Icub

Trust is essential in human-robot interactions, and in times where machines are yet to be fully reliable, it is important to study how robotic hardware faults can affect the human counterpart. This experiment builds on a previous research that studied trust changes in a game-like scenario with the humanoid robot iCub. Several robot hardware failures (validated in another online study) were introduced in order to measure changes in trust due to the unreliability of the iCub. A total of 68 participants took part in this study. For half of them, the robot adopted a transparent approach, explaining each failure after it happened. Participants' behaviour was also compared to the 61 participants that played the same game with a fully reliable robot in the previous study. Against all expectations, introducing manifest hardware failures does not seem to significantly affect trust, while transparency mainly deteriorates the quality of interaction with the robot.

PENINGKATAN PENGUASAAN KOSA KATA BAHASA ARAB MELALUI GAME ARABIC TREASURE HUNTER

This study examines the success of Arabic learning activities using the Arabic Treasure Hunt Game learning model to improve students’ Arabic vocabulary mastery while knowing their perceptions of the learning model. This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach with data collection methods through observation and interview techniques. This research was carried out in Darusy Syahadah Boyolali Islamic boarding school with the research subject of I' dād Kulliyatil Mu'allimāt (IKM) of 42 students. The data analysis method is a qualitative analysis technique equipped with a bit of quantitative descriptive data. The results of this study indicate that (1) the Arabic Treasure Hunt Game can increase students' interest in learning Kulliyatil Mu'allimāt (IKM) in learning Arabic vocabulary. (2) The Arabic Treasure Hunt game can help students improve Arabic vocabulary mastery. (3) Students perceive the Arabic Treasure Hunt Game is an exciting game that can increase interest and enthusiasm for learning, facilitate mastering new vocabulary, and improve the ability to master Arabic vocabulary.

Sustainable Community Development for Disaster Resilience and Human Resources Development for Disaster Risk Reduction – Growth and Community Contribution of the Katahira Children’s Board for Community Development –

This paper describes the Fourth Disaster Prevention Treasure Hunt, which took place at the Second World Bosai Forum in November 2019, as an event related to the Sendai Disaster Prevention Future Forum. In particular, we focus on the growth and community contribution of the Katahira Children’s Board for Community Development, among other efforts in human resources development for disaster management undertaken by the Katahira Community Development Association. In tandem with Children’s Board, the “Disaster Risk Reduction × Treasure Hunting Game” serves as a model for sustainable activities for disaster risk reduction. We believe that this model can contribute to the global promotion of community-based, self-directed, and sustainable activities for disaster risk reduction.

The Use of Treasure Hunt Game toward the First Grade Students' Vocabulary Mastery at Islamic Senior High School of Muhamadiyah Palampang

The researcher aims to find out the effectiveness using Treasure Hunt Game toward students’ vocabulary mastery with the research objectives: to find out the use of Treasure Hunt Gametowardthe first grade students’ vocabulary mastery at Islamic Senior High School of Muhammadiyah Palampang. This research was conducted at the class X MIA 1 and X MIA 2. The sample of this research was 50 students from 280 populations. The controled class was took from class X MIA 1, while the experimental class was from X MIA 2. The number of the sample in each class was 25 students.Quasi experimental design was applied in this research with two group pre-test and post-test design. The instrument used to collect data was vocabulary test.Research findings showed that the experimental class got score on pre-test with the mean score 44,2. After giving treatment the students got change, they got score with the mean score 59,9. The result of the data analysis indicated that there was a change of the students’ vocabulary mastery after being taught using Treasure Hunt Game. It was proved by the result of the statistical analysis of the level significance P = 0.05 with degree of freedom (df) = 48 indicated that the t-test values of the students’ vocabulary mastery (2,53) was higher than the t-table (2,01). Based on the result of analysis, the researcher concludes that using Treasure Hunt Game was effective toward the students’ vocabulary mastery at the first grade students of Islamic Senior High School of Muhammadiyah Palampang, because Treasure Hunt Game give a lot of fun, the students enjoy the learning without any preasure. Than, Treasure Hunt Game stimulates students engagement in learning process. If students enjoy the learning process, they were enthusiastic enough to involve and compete each other in learning process.Keywords: Treasure Hunt Game, Vocabulary mastery, First Grade Students

G4D - a treasure hunt game for novice programmers to learn debugging

Visual Programming Environments (VPEs) are predominantly being used to teach programming concepts through interactive games with interesting narratives. Games have been developed to teach basic concepts of programming such as deriving logic, writing code, debugging the code and so on. Debugging code is one of the most important activities that can improve the skill of tackling a problem. In programming, one needs to identify the correct location of an error and fix it, which is usually learned through experience. Games have been developed to teach debugging to novice programmers. Syntactical errors occur frequently in the early stages of programming. The existing debugging games aim to support users in debugging the logic of the problem, but do not target on correcting the code snippets based on syntax. To address this challenge of providing syntactical support, we propose a treasure hunt based debugging game, in which users pass through various levels of the game by debugging code snippets written in C language. We have evaluated G4D based on MEEGA+ model, with 20 volunteers, having different programming backgrounds. The results of the user survey indicate that G4D has a good quality level and about 75% of the volunteers have either strongly agreed or agreed to recommend G4D to their colleagues.

How Does a Digital Treasure Hunting Game Affect the Shopping Behavior of Parents and Children at Shopping Malls?

How Does a Digital Treasure Hunting Game Affect the Shopping Behavior of Parents and Children at Shopping Malls?

Trust and Social Engineering in Human Robot Interaction: Will a Robot Make You Disclose Sensitive Information, Conform to Its Recommendations or Gamble?

Robots such as information security and overtrust in them are gaining increasing relevance. This research aims at giving an insight into how trust toward robots could be exploited for the purpose of social engineering. Drawing on Mitnick's model, a well-known social engineering framework, an interactive scenario with the humanoid robot iCub was designed to emulate a social engineering attack. At first, iCub attempted to collect the kind of personal information usually gathered by social engineers by asking a series of private questions. Then, the robot tried to develop trust and rapport with participants by offering reliable clues during a treasure hunt game. At the end of the treasure hunt, the robot tried to exploit the gained trust in order to make participants gamble the money they won. The results show that people tend to build rapport with and trust toward the robot, resulting in the disclosure of sensitive information, conformation to its suggestions and gambling.

CityQuest and 'Caccia al...Tesoro dei Castelli'. La nuova frontiera della divulgazione formato 2.0

CityQuest is the new didactic-game application proposed and tested during the ScienzAperta2016 event at the inauguration of the new part of the Geophysical Museum of Rocca di Papa. The application executed on the tablet offers a new version 2.0 of Treasure Hunt game. The educational path takes place across scientificdissemination exhibits and educational games of geophysical interest to explore and deepen the topics of Treasure Hunt. The Treasure Hunt is performed inside the museum building: the game session starts with a short explanation, then a set of provided clues is given to easily reach the desired goal; after that, reading aQr code allows hunting to advance to the treasure. The CityQuest application takes into account the time taken to complete the game, the number of correct answers, and the number of clues used. The Treasure Hunt 2.0 can be inserted inside a constantly open process to seek new learning situations and relationships that permit both insertion and integration. The emotional and cognitive involvementof the group fits perfectly within the new ways of learning: students, in small groups, face off in a collaborative way, responsible and united the study and receive feedback, based on the results obtained by the group itself. Achieving a goal, “The Treasure”, facilitates a cooperative attitude, rather than competitive, and thus facilitates the relationships between students with or without Specific LearningDisabilities or Disorder (SLD).

Virtual world global collaboration: an educational quest

PurposeThis research case study shares the partnership between librarians and educators to create a live digital literacy experience at The Quest (Camelot Project), a virtual world medieval simulation. The purpose of the partnership was to gain understanding of the learning elements addressed with a group of participants from across the globe, working at various skill levels and interacting with an immersive virtual world simulation.Design/methodology/approachUsing field notes, machinima and interviews (participatory action research), the study identifies learning elements within three contexts: technological, pedagogical and content. Learners cycle toward intended learning outcomes in a virtual-world treasure hunt game from the perspective of both designers and participants.FindingsFindings of the case study illustrate the value of collaboration in a digital game-based learning (DGBL) environment through scaffolding of knowledge and skills in a virtual world. Findings exemplify the experiential learning cycle within a virtual world for constructing learning, and support a proposed new theoretical framework of technology-mediated learning which may help educators in both design and implementation.Originality/valueAs virtual worlds and immersive learning opportunities continue to expand for learners and educators, this study shares the value of experiential learning from the perspective of both the teacher and the learner. Socially constructing knowledge and acquiring skills across distance with a team of librarians and educators are innovative examples of DGBL in an alternative reality setting.