Minecraft as a Sandbox for STEM Interest Development: Preliminary Results
Abstract
After a brief review of the science of interest and the game of Minecraft, we present a taxonomy of common Minecraft actions and activities and propose that they represent links to specific STEM disciplines. We then discuss the development of a Minecraft survey intended to identify STEM-related interests, and present the results of a pilot study using the survey in three Minecraft camps held in the summer of 2017. We describe the most and least popular Minecraft activities, and report initial analyses of the surveys, revealing potential connections in the earth, biological, and environmental areas of STEM.Downloads
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2017-12-04
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Minecraft as a Sandbox for STEM Interest Development: Preliminary Results. (2017). International Conference on Computers in Education. http://library.apsce.net/index.php/ICCE/article/view/2108