RT Journal Article
T1 Elemental home: a video game to explore chemistry in everyday life
A1 Juárez González, Pedro
A1 Cano-Iglesias, María José
A1 Cebrián-Robles, Daniel
A1 Franco-Mariscal, Antonio Joaquín
K1 Química - Estudio y enseñanza
AB This study presents and analyzes Elemental Home, a video game designed forteaching chemistry, with a specific focus on chemical elements in everyday life. Set inside ahouse, the video game situates learning in an everyday context, challenging players to identifychemical elements in household objects while reflecting on their environmental impact. Thispaper evaluates the learning potential and user experience of Elemental Home, based on theparticipation of 18 Spanish preservice chemistry teachers and 18 ninth-grade students. Learningin both groups was evaluated using data collected from the video game’s database, whileusability and user satisfaction were assessed through a questionnaire. Additionally, ninth-gradestudents completed a pretest and post-test to measure their understanding of associationsbetween chemical elements and everyday objects. Both students and preservice teacherssurpassed 70% accuracy in element−object associations at level 1 (14/18 for students and 10/18 for preservice teachers), although students required more attempts on average to reach thislevel (4.22 compared to 2.28 attempts). While students progressed only to level 2, preserviceteachers advanced as far as level 4. Additionally, Elemental Home delivers a positive user experience for preservice teachers (usability: 77.35/100; satisfaction: 75.00/100) and is regarded as moderately engaging by students (usability: 64.44/100; satisfaction: 64.50/100). Results emphasize the potential of video games in chemical education, demonstrating how the combination of game-basedlearning, contextualization, and interactive elements can significantly transform traditional teaching and learning approaches inchemistry.
PB ACS
YR 2025
FD 2025-08
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39831
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/39831
LA eng
NO Pedro Juárez-González, María José Cano-Iglesias, Daniel Cebrián-Robles, and Antonio Joaquín Franco-Mariscal Journal of Chemical Education 2025 102 (8), 3716-3724 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5c00168
NO Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Málaga / CBUA
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 20 ene 2026