A Study on Collaborative and Competitive Strategies of Learners used in an Educational Game

Interactions between learners, especially collaborative interactions and their effect on learning achievements, are a topic of interest in the research area of learning. With the emergence of educational games as teaching tools another type of interaction comes into focus: Competitive interaction between learners. But the advantages and pitfalls of competitive interactions for teaching subjects are still unknown. This paper presents a beginning effort to tackle that challenge. We describe a digital learning version of a concentration game that can be played collaboratively or competitively by two learners. Afterwards, we sketch and evaluate a strategy model which focusses on the identification of collaborative and competitive strategies learners might apply while playing the game.