I love this game: the interplay between experience and background in role-playing simulations: insights from MUN participants in Italy and the Netherlands

Cicchi, Lorenzo; Calossi, Enrico; Onderčo, Michal; Coticchia, Fabrizio

doi:10.1057/s41304-020-00277-8

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“…Political simulation games often provide immersive learning scenarios where individual students and student groups can experience situations that are foreign to their lives, solve “authentic” political problems through active negotiations and communications with peers, and “see” the consequences of both individuals' and groups' decisions and actions (Coffey et al, 2011; Frank & Genauer, 2019). They can also experiment with different negotiation skillsets in the simulation games without fear of making mistakes (Cicchi et al, 2021; Lee & Hammer, 2011). More importantly, students and student groups can receive meaningful feedback on their performance in the simulation games to reflect on misunderstandings, identify areas of improvement, and transfer learning to new educational contexts (Erhel & Jamet, 2013; Raymond & Usherwood, 2013).…”

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Assessing negotiation skill and its development in an online collaborative simulation game: A social network analysis study

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Theussen

2022

Brit J Educational Tech

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Simulation games are widely used to teach negotiation skills in political science education. However, existing studies focus on the impact of simulation games on students' knowledge gains and affective changes and largely ignore skill assessment and development in the gaming environment. This study aimed to understand the process of student groups practicing negotiation skills in a collaborative simulation game through social network analysis (SNA). We proposed a conceptual framework to assess negotiation skills by identifying different negotiation skillsets based on participatory roles in collaborative learning, investigated the skill development through the change of the skillsets over time, and examined the relationship between the negotiation skillsets and achievement. The results showed that the majority of student groups practiced more complex negotiation skillsets towards the end of the game, and the complexity of skillsets was positively related to the negotiation outcomes in the simulation game. The study demonstrated the possibilities of using SNA as an analytical tool to measure negotiation skills and explore dynamic skill development in a collaborative simulation game. It has also shown the potential of integrating SNA in a collaborative gaming environment for automated analysis of a large volume of data concerning interactions.

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Assessing negotiation skill and its development in an online collaborative simulation game: A social network analysis study

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Theussen

2022

Brit J Educational Tech

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“…Research mostly focuses on learning outcomes such as student success, political knowledge (Hamann et al 2021 ), students’ sense of political efficacy, or attitudes towards the EU (Oberle et al 2020 ), sometimes in relation to students’ socio-demographic backgrounds (Cicchi et al 2021 ). However, Kröger ( 2018 ) states that it is important to properly design and prepare simulations to fully explore the potential of these learning tools.…”

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Fostering social persuasion as a source of self-efficacy in negotiating through simulation design

Veerman

Duchatelet

2023

Eur Polit Sci

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The current study followed the need for more research concerning the understanding of the relationship between simulation design and self-efficacy in negotiating development within role-play simulations of political decision-making. More specifically, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of social persuasion as a source for self-efficacy in negotiating with simulation design elements. The research was conducted in a three-day simulation about the EU decision-making process. By means of daily diaries and semi-structured interviews, critical incidents about the emergence of social persuasion influencing self-efficacy development were defined. Data were analysed by applying thematic content analysis. Findings show that social persuasion was largely facilitated by the simulation design that offered possibilities for informal contact. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1057/s41304-023-00420-1.

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Empirical approaches to understanding student learning outcomes and teaching effectiveness in political science

Hamann

Hamenstädt²

2020

Eur Polit Sci

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I love this game: the interplay between experience and background in role-playing simulations: insights from MUN participants in Italy and the Netherlands

Cited by 4 publications

References 31 publications

Assessing negotiation skill and its development in an online collaborative simulation game: A social network analysis study

Assessing negotiation skill and its development in an online collaborative simulation game: A social network analysis study

Fostering social persuasion as a source of self-efficacy in negotiating through simulation design

Empirical approaches to understanding student learning outcomes and teaching effectiveness in political science

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