Abstract / Excerpt:

Nowadays, many technological applications are flooding the market most especially applications providing game-based learning or the so-called educational learning most especially for toddlers. GBL is a type of game play that has defined learning outcomes. Some applications provide same kind of concepts in their learning tool games.

The main purpose of this research paper is to provide a Game-Based Learning (GBL) tool using a casual game approach, which is ideal for knowledge recalling. This GBL tool will be based on the syllabus of the Little Champ Schoolhouse - a toddler school located at Doña Candelaria St., Ecoland Subdivision, Davao City.

The key characteristics of an engaging Game-Based Learning was derived from Thomas Malone's Intrinsically Motivating Instruction Framework, which dwells with the following: challenge, fantasy, and curiosity. Corona Software Development Kit and Lua scripting language will be used in the development of this game-based learning application in Android.

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Source Institution	Ateneo de Davao University
Unit	Computer Studies
Authors	Clemarie M. Secuya, Marcel Tunichii T. Villaruz
Page Count	16
Place of Publication	Davao City
Original Publication Date	March 1, 2014
Tags	Computer Studies, Game-Based, Instrically Motivating, Learning Tool, Thomas Malone's Framework, Toddlers

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