A Fuzzy Control System for Improving Learning

It has been shown that the emotional state of students has an important relationship with learning; for instance, engaged concentration is positively correlated with learning. This paper proposes the Fuzzy Control for Improving Learning (FCIL), the proposed technique induces emotions in the player for supporting the learning process. The fuzzy system analyzes the players' emotional state for controlling the aesthetic content of an educational video game. A total of 13 subjects played a video game designed to practice basic math skills; for each trial, a student plays two times in a row the same game but each time the game was controlled by one of two approaches: FCIL or random. Results show that when the proposed approach is used, participants showed more engagement, i.e., they were in pleasant-high states more frequently. The proposed approach is a promising alternative for improving the learning effectiveness through detection and stimulation of positive emotions.