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Critical Thinking Training for Navy Leaders: A Serious Game



Honorable Mention Recipient of 2007 I/ITSEC Serious Games Showcase and Challenge

Project Summary
As a result of an applied research effort, Novonics Training Technology Lab (TTL) developed a Serious Game solution for teaching critical thinking skills to junior Navy officers by way of presenting real-life instructional scenarios in an engaging self-reinforcing environment. The screenplay is based on a series of original “sea stories” united under an overarching storyline of a Division Officer’s typical day on the job. During the training, the learner is presented with routine and non-routine situations requiring decision making and review of outcomes. In addition to raising the learner awareness about the decisions and their respective outcomes, this game serves as ”practiceware” for mastering the Navy critical thinking process “C.A.S.E.”