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Game-based learning for engaging citizens in biopollution control (2021)

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Amateurs Public understanding of science Citizen science; community science Invasion biology; Invasive species Knowledge and learning Games Environmental pollution 21st century

Citizens are essential for safeguarding ecosystems from biopollutants, but raising the population’s awareness of the problem through the communication of scientific discoveries about biological invasions is still a challenge. Here, we have assayed an interdisciplinary game-based method of recognizing the invasive pygmy mussel Xenosotrobus securis for volunteers of different age groups, we have measured their learning gain and engagement, and we have compared it with that obtained from conventional talk-lecture training. A highly significant positive correlation was found between knowledge gain and awareness, which were both greater in children than in adults. Similar engagement was achieved in the two age groups regarding volunteering in an eradication project. The results suggest the high efficacy of game-based training, especially in young age groups. One year after the volunteers’ action, environmental DNA surveys and visual inspections confirmed the control of the invasive species population in a defined area through time.

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Authors & Contributors
Kinchy, Abby J.
Dickel, Sascha
Gilmintinov, Roman
Kimura, Aya Hirata
Gabriele Catanzaro
Mahr, Dana
Concepts
Citizen science; community science
Public understanding of science
Amateurs
Technoscience; science and technology studies
Environmental pollution
Citizen participation
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
Modern
Places
United States
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Ukraine
Poland
France
Institutions
Cornell University, Laboratory of Ornithology
Shevchenko Scientific Society
Cornell Library of Natural Sounds
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty; Partial Test Ban Treaty; Limited Test Ban Treaty (1963)
International Geophysical Year (IGY)
Cornell University
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