Hexacago: A game-based approach to engaging youth in health and science

Hexacago：一种基于游戏的方法，让年轻人参与健康和科学

• 批准号: 8900709
• 负责人: MELISSA L. GILLIAM
• 金额: $ 24.29万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-05-01 至 2020-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8900709
• 关键词: AIDS/HIV problem; Academic achievement; Academy; Address; African American; Alcohol or Other Drugs use; Award; Chicago; Communication; Communities; Control Groups; Development; Education; Educational Curriculum; Evaluation; Faculty; Foundations; Goals; HIV; Health; Health Professional; Health Sciences; Health behavior; High School Student; Human; Institutes; Intervention; Latino; Learning; Longitudinal Studies; Mentors; Next Generation Science Standards; Performance; Personal Satisfaction; Phase; Play; Poverty; Pregnancy in Adolescence; Preparation; Printing; Problem Solving; Public Health; Randomized; Randomized Controlled Trials; Reproductive Health; Research; Risk Behaviors; STEM career; Schools; Science; Secondary Schools; Sexual Health; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Smoking; Solutions; Students; System; Thinking; Underserved Population; Universities; Youth; base; career; college; design; experience; health knowledge; high school; improved; innovation; interest; intergenerational; novel; programs; public health relevance; science education; success; translational medicine

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) project will use gameplay and game design as the foundation for an informal science education and health curriculum. The three project partners include: The University of Chicago's Game Changer Chicago Design Lab (GCC Lab); the Institute for Translational Medicine; and the Center for College Access and Success's (CCAS) GEAR UP program. The GCC Lab is an interdisciplinary game and research lab comprised of faculty, staff, students, and high school youth that design games aimed at improving academic achievement and optimizing the health and well-being of young people. GEAR UP aims to increase academic performance and preparation for post-secondary education among youth in partnering Chicago Public Schools. We will design an innovative game-based science and health curriculum intervention: Hexacago Health Academy (HHA). HHA will engage high school students in learning about and addressing major sexual and reproductive health issues and risk behaviors (e.g., STIs, HIV/AIDs, adolescent pregnancy, smoking). HHA will use game-play, interaction with STEM science and health professionals, and mentoring. The proposed SEPA project will have three phases: 1) Hexacago game design (years 1 and 2) and development of the HHA (year 3); 2) rigorous evaluation of HHA in a randomized controlled trial (years 4); and 3) Dissemination and communication (year 5). We hypothesize that youth randomized to HHA will have improved academic performance, science and health career interest compared to those randomized to the control group. The overall objective of this proposal is to create a rich, game-based learning experience to improve academic performance, science and health career interest, and health behaviors.

 描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的科学教育合作伙伴奖（SEPA）将使用游戏玩法和游戏设计作为非正式科学教育和健康课程的基础，三个项目合作伙伴包括：芝加哥大学的游戏改变者芝加哥设计实验室（The University of Chicago’s Game Changer Chicago Design Lab）。 GCC 实验室）；转化医学研究所；以及大学入学与成功中心 (CCAS) GEAR UP 项目 GCC 实验室是一个由教职员工、学生和高中生组成的跨学科游戏和研究实验室。设计游戏旨在提高青少年的学业成绩并优化他们的健康和福祉，旨在与芝加哥公立学校合作，提高青少年的学业成绩和为高等教育做好准备。科学和健康课程干预：Hexacago 健康学院 (HHA) 将让高中生了解和解决主要的性健康和生殖健康问题以及危险行为（例如性传播感染、艾滋病毒/艾滋病、青少年怀孕、吸烟）。 HHA 将利用游戏、与 STEM 科学和健康专业人士的互动以及指导来进行。拟议的 SEPA 项目将分为三个阶段：1) Hexacago 游戏设计（第 1 年和第 2 年）和 HHA 开发（第 2 年）；在随机对照试验中对 HHA 进行严格评估（第 4 年）；以及 3）传播和交流（第 5 年） 我们认为，与那些被随机分配到 HHA 的青少年相比，他们的学业成绩、科学和健康职业兴趣会有所提高。该提案的总体目标是创造丰富的、基于游戏的学习体验，以提高学习成绩、科学和健康职业兴趣以及健康行为。