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Legends of the Brainy Ninja Squad

Undergraduate #53
Discipline: Computer Sciences and Information Management
Subcategory: Education

David Morrison - Norfolk State University
Co-Author(s): Keturah Caldwell and Mickell Sherron, Norfolk State University



The responsibility of every classroom teacher is to engage the minds, hearts, and bodies of all students in their presence. [1] However, teachers and educators, alike, are struggling to inspire and motivate the minds of the digital native to learn [2]. Today’s Digital Native spends the majority of his/her day playing video games, watching television, and engaging in social media while residing in a household where technology is readily available [3]. Per the OECD’s Pisa rankings [4], in 2015, America ranked 36 worldwide in Mathematics. If our students are expected to compete internationally, traditional methods can no longer be utilized as a form of instruction. The goal of this research is to offer an active method of learning, while simultaneously filling the void in the gaming industry for educational engineering games. The game, Legends of the Brainy Ninja Squad, is developed using GameSalad, a 2D graphic-based game engine. It is designed to help electronics and optical engineering students in identifying, recalling, and retaining core concepts within their curriculum through image-word association through a memory matching game theme. This goal is to provide a fun and entertaining game that helps students with recalling basic concepts in their curriculum. The game will be assessed and published as a mobile game.
[1] Rotherham, A., Willingham D., 21st Century Skills: The Challenges Ahead, ASCD Journal, Source: http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept09/vol67/num01/21st-Century-Skills@-The-Challenges-Ahead.aspx
[2] Source: http://tech.ed.gov/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Learning-Technology-Effectiveness-Brief.pdf
[3] Learning in the 21st Century: Teaching Today’s Students on Their Terms. International Education Advisory Board
[4] PISA Tests: Top 40 for math and reading, http://www.bbc.com/news/business-26249042

Funder Acknowledgement(s): STARS, CSET, CGS

Faculty Advisor: Rasha Morsi, rmorsi@nsu.edu

Role: Lead programmer, storyboard.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. DUE-1930047. Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of its authors and do not represent the views of the AAAS Board of Directors, the Council of AAAS, AAAS’ membership or the National Science Foundation.

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