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Alchemically, an Educational Role-Playing Game

Abstract

dc:description.abstract

Alchemically is an educational role-playing game that functions as a classroom aid for boosting middle school and high school students' memorization of molecular formulas and molecule's attributes. The game implements several diverse teaching methodologies, including trial and error, practice and feedback, and the presentation of information from audio and visual cues. It also motivates students to continue learning through both intrinsic and extrinsic motivators. Student players craft molecules by choosing and placing atoms into a crafting table, then bonding them together. To help players build molecules, players can reference a journal that includes images, diagrams, and factual information on the molecules included in the game.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Fine Arts
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Creative Technologies
Department dc:contributor.department
Art and Art History
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2019

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Freeman, Lucas Jerome
Chairs dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Duer, Zachary R.
  • Tucker, Thomas J.
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Ogle, J. Todd
  • Berg, Michael A.

Subjects

dc:subject × 4

Rights

dc:rights
Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Dc Identifier Other
vt_gsexam:18707
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/89252

Chain of custody

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Freeman, Lucas Jerome. Alchemically, an Educational Role-Playing Game. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/89252