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Electronic game is a rising resource which is used to develop the players’ multiple intelligences. This paper tested the intrapersonal intelligence of 192 middle school students who play role-playing game (RPG) by questionnaire, aiming at exploring the effects of RPG on intrapersonal intelligence. The results showed that RPG has a positive effect on students’ intrapersonal intelligence, and the effect is subject to factors such as age, frequency of playing games and RPG type. It concluded that Role-playing game could help improving students’ intrapersonal intelligence, and gave some suggestions about the development of RPG and students’ intrapersonal intelligence in the future. The study highlighted a new approach of developing middle school students’ multiple intelligences in the current educational environment.
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Li, Q., Zhang, T., Wang, B., Wang, N. (2013). Effects of RPG on Middle School Players’ Intrapersonal Intelligence. In: Pan, Z., Cheok, A.D., Müller, W., Liarokapis, F. (eds) Transactions on Edutainment IX. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7544. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37042-7_10
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