A Moral Education Learning System based on the Snakes and Ladders Game

Moral decadence in our society rises more and more and complaints about this issue are oftentimes about children and their future. Children are likely to disobey due to their inability to understand the effects of their decisions. Games liked by children can help in child education, especially when...

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Main Authors: E. Ibam, T. Adekunle, O. Agbonifo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) 2018-09-01
Series:EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning
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Online Access:https://eudl.eu/pdf/10.4108/eai.25-9-2018.155641
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description Moral decadence in our society rises more and more and complaints about this issue are oftentimes about children and their future. Children are likely to disobey due to their inability to understand the effects of their decisions. Games liked by children can help in child education, especially when the moral aspects of such games are well highlighted. This paper reports the development of a Snakes and Ladders game that emphasizes the moral aspect of the game approach in order to promote moral education among children. The game was tested on twenty (20) children between the ages of 6 and 7. Their knowledge and willingness to follow moral and societal rules was tested before playing the game multiple times and also tested thereafter. It was observed that their knowledge and willingness to follow the rules improved. The game works subconsciously in helping children understand the consequences of certain moral actions in a virtual way. The Design of the system consists of the system architecture, the Use Case diagram, and a flow chart which explains all procedures in a logical sequence. A mathematical model and an algorithm are used to describe the gaming process. The system is implemented using Java programming language.
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spelling doaj.art-f2df62b73bee450b879edfd2a1fa436d2022-12-21T22:40:39ZengEuropean Alliance for Innovation (EAI)EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning2032-92532018-09-0151710.4108/eai.25-9-2018.155641A Moral Education Learning System based on the Snakes and Ladders GameE. Ibam0T. Adekunle1O. Agbonifo2Department of Information Systems, School of Computing, Federal University of Technology Akure, NigeriaDepartment of Computer Science, School of Computing , Federal University of Technology Akure, NigeriaDepartment of Information Systems, School of Computing, Federal University of Technology Akure, NigeriaMoral decadence in our society rises more and more and complaints about this issue are oftentimes about children and their future. Children are likely to disobey due to their inability to understand the effects of their decisions. Games liked by children can help in child education, especially when the moral aspects of such games are well highlighted. This paper reports the development of a Snakes and Ladders game that emphasizes the moral aspect of the game approach in order to promote moral education among children. The game was tested on twenty (20) children between the ages of 6 and 7. Their knowledge and willingness to follow moral and societal rules was tested before playing the game multiple times and also tested thereafter. It was observed that their knowledge and willingness to follow the rules improved. The game works subconsciously in helping children understand the consequences of certain moral actions in a virtual way. The Design of the system consists of the system architecture, the Use Case diagram, and a flow chart which explains all procedures in a logical sequence. A mathematical model and an algorithm are used to describe the gaming process. The system is implemented using Java programming language.https://eudl.eu/pdf/10.4108/eai.25-9-2018.155641Moral EducationGamesSnakes and LaddersCharacterPlayersBehavioursWinner
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EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning
Moral Education
Games
Snakes and Ladders
Character
Players
Behaviours
Winner
title A Moral Education Learning System based on the Snakes and Ladders Game
title_full A Moral Education Learning System based on the Snakes and Ladders Game
title_fullStr A Moral Education Learning System based on the Snakes and Ladders Game
title_full_unstemmed A Moral Education Learning System based on the Snakes and Ladders Game
title_short A Moral Education Learning System based on the Snakes and Ladders Game
title_sort moral education learning system based on the snakes and ladders game
topic Moral Education
Games
Snakes and Ladders
Character
Players
Behaviours
Winner
url https://eudl.eu/pdf/10.4108/eai.25-9-2018.155641
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