Um estudo sobre os requisitos de jogos de simulação usados no ensino de engenharia de software

Abstract

Simulation Games are an interesting approach for teaching Software Engineering. One reason for its adoption is that there are experiments providing evidence that simulation games can be an effective tool for enhancing learning and understanding of complex material, and also improving students motivation. One important research issue is to identify which requirements make the results of the simulation game adoption successful in Software Engineering courses. In this way, we present a study of the requirements that can be used to evaluate simulation games in terms of the applied learning theories. Our motivation is to support games developers and instructors during the creation and selection of simulation games for educational purposes. The requirements have been extracted from the literature of the area. The existing simulation games have been identified and evaluated through a systematic literature review. The results show that some learning theories, even having potential to be applied, are rarely addressed by the simulation games.