THE SHORT ALTERNATE REALITY GAME (SHORT ARG) AS A STRAGEGY FOR DISCUSSING CHEMICAL CONCEPTS AT COLLEGE EDUCATION

This paper presents the application of a Short ARG built to be applied in a single class, instead of a longer interval, as it is common in strategies such as ARG. ARGs are games based on role-playing experiences that involve role playing using a particular place, in this case, two classrooms and an education lab. Whereas ARG’s characters are the participants/players themselves, in this study, they were the Chemistry undergraduate students. The students/players were aimed of various clues and moments involving chemical concepts to find a lost student. We could notice ARG can be a teaching strategy, we mean, an alternative for conceptual discussion in the classroom as well as a diagnostic and formative assessment tool, characteristic of the use of games and recreational activities in teaching scientific concepts.

本研究介绍了一款针对单课时教学构建的短周期交替现实游戏（Alternate Reality Game, ARG）的应用实践，区别于常规ARG策略中普遍采用的长周期形式。交替现实游戏（ARG）是一类依托特定场景开展角色扮演的沉浸式体验类游戏，本研究中的应用场景为两间教室与一间教育实验室。常规ARG的核心角色即为参与者（玩家）本人，而本研究中的玩家群体为化学专业本科在读学生。学生玩家需通过一系列蕴含化学概念的线索与剧情环节，寻找一名失踪的学生。本研究结果表明，交替现实游戏可作为一种有效的教学策略：它既可以作为课堂概念研讨的替代方案，同时也可作为诊断性与形成性评价工具，这契合了在科学概念教学中融入游戏与娱乐活动的典型特征。