Youth Financial Literacy Education In a Three-Dimensional Virtual Environment
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چکیده
Game-like three-dimensional (3D) virtual worlds have become popular venues for youth to explore and interact with friends. To bring vital financial literacy education to them in places they frequent, a multidisciplinary team of computer scientists, educators, and financial experts developed a youth-oriented financial literacy education game in the Second Life 3D online virtual world. This paper presents the design and development process of this financial literacy education game, its learning effectiveness in classrooms, and lessons learned from the process.
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