The Science and Information (SAI) Organization
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Journals
  • Conferences
  • Contact Us

Publication Links

  • IJACSA
  • Author Guidelines
  • Publication Policies
  • Digital Archiving Policy
  • Promote your Publication
  • Metadata Harvesting (OAI2)

IJACSA

  • About the Journal
  • Call for Papers
  • Editorial Board
  • Author Guidelines
  • Submit your Paper
  • Current Issue
  • Archives
  • Indexing
  • Fees/ APC
  • Reviewers
  • Apply as a Reviewer

IJARAI

  • About the Journal
  • Archives
  • Indexing & Archiving

Special Issues

  • Home
  • Archives
  • Proposals
  • Guest Editors
  • SUSAI-EE 2025
  • ICONS-BA 2025
  • IoT-BLOCK 2025

Computing Conference

  • Home
  • Call for Papers
  • Submit your Paper/Poster
  • Register
  • Venue
  • Contact

Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys)

  • Home
  • Call for Papers
  • Submit your Paper/Poster
  • Register
  • Venue
  • Contact

Computer Vision Conference (CVC)

  • Home
  • Call for Papers
  • Submit your Paper/Poster
  • Register
  • Venue
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Call for Papers
  • Editorial Board
  • Guidelines
  • Submit
  • Current Issue
  • Archives
  • Indexing
  • Fees
  • Reviewers
  • Subscribe

DOI: 10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110627
PDF

Serious Games Requirements for Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Science Education

Author 1: Siti Norliza Awang Noh
Author 2: Nor Azan Mat Zin
Author 3: Hazura Mohamed

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), Volume 11 Issue 6, 2020.

  • Abstract and Keywords
  • How to Cite this Article
  • {} BibTeX Source

Abstract: Education in the 21st century emphasises the mastery of higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) in the pursuit of developing competitive human capital globally. HOTS can be taught through science education. However, science education is considered very challenging leaving students feeling less interested and less motivated. Apart from that, students are found to be weak in mastering their thinking skills based on the decline in students’ achievements in the Trend in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Programme International Students Assessment (PISA) tests. This situation highlights the need to change the approach of teaching and learning science in line with the current technological changes to meet the challenges of globalisation. Previous studies showed that the use of serious games in learning can enhance students’ thinking skills. Thus, serious games can be used to develop higher-order thinking skills among students. This paper presented results of preliminary study using interviews, document analysis, and questionnaire survey. Findings have shown that there are several issues and challenges of teaching and learning in implementing HOTS in science education, in addition to game design requirement for science education. The requirements will be used to design a serious game implementing HOTS in science education.

Keywords: Higher-Order Thinking (HOT) skills; educational games; serious games; interface design; science education

Siti Norliza Awang Noh, Nor Azan Mat Zin and Hazura Mohamed, “Serious Games Requirements for Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Science Education” International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA), 11(6), 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110627

@article{Noh2020,
title = {Serious Games Requirements for Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Science Education},
journal = {International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications},
doi = {10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110627},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110627},
year = {2020},
publisher = {The Science and Information Organization},
volume = {11},
number = {6},
author = {Siti Norliza Awang Noh and Nor Azan Mat Zin and Hazura Mohamed}
}



Copyright Statement: This is an open access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, even commercially as long as the original work is properly cited.

IJACSA

Upcoming Conferences

IntelliSys 2025

28-29 August 2025

  • Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Future Technologies Conference 2025

6-7 November 2025

  • Munich, Germany

Healthcare Conference 2026

21-22 May 2026

  • Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Computing Conference 2026

9-10 July 2026

  • London, United Kingdom

IntelliSys 2026

3-4 September 2026

  • Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Computer Vision Conference 2026

15-16 October 2026

  • Berlin, Germany
The Science and Information (SAI) Organization
BACK TO TOP

Computer Science Journal

  • About the Journal
  • Call for Papers
  • Submit Paper
  • Indexing

Our Conferences

  • Computing Conference
  • Intelligent Systems Conference
  • Computer Vision Conference
  • Healthcare Conference

Help & Support

  • Contact Us
  • About Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy

© The Science and Information (SAI) Organization Limited. All rights reserved. Registered in England and Wales. Company Number 8933205. thesai.org