Usability Evaluation of Educational Games: An Analysis of Culture as a Factor Affecting Children’s Educational Attainment

Table 2

Cronbach’s alpha test results.

No.	Variable	Sample (n)	Cronbach’s alpha
Section 1. Preevaluation questionnaire
1.	The child uses a computer frequently?	40	0.875
2.	The child plays online games frequently?	40
Section 2. Posttask questionnaire (usability testing evaluation)
1.	Effectiveness
(a)	Start Screen
1.	The child does not have trouble in navigating using the screen	40	0.823
2.	The child does not have trouble in finding the start menu	40
3.	The graphics used on the page attract the child	40
4.	The music used attracts the child	40
5.	The size of the game window opened is good enough	40
(b)	Character Selection Screen
1.	The child succeeded in selecting the desired character	40	0.822
2.	The child does not have trouble in navigating using screen when choosing the character	40
(c)	Exploration Game Screen
1.	The child does not have trouble in moving the cursor around using the screen	40	0.833
2.	The child knows what to do during game play	40
3.	The child is focused on the game	40
4.	The child shows positive reaction during game play	40
5.	The child has no problem in completing the game	40
6.	The child knows how to move the cursor using the screen	40
7.	The child knows how to confirm the answers	40
8.	The child knows whether their answer is correct or not	40
9.	The child understood the overall game concept	40
10.	The child is alert to which letter is the current pointed letter to be matched	40
2	Efficiency
(a)	Starting Screen
1.	The child selected the correct menu to start the game in the first try	40	0.837
2.	The child can easily recover from errors or mistakes that happened	40
(b)	Character Selection Screen
1	Bigger picture of each character helps the child to decide which character to choose	40	0.826
(c)	Exploration Game Screen
1.	The child completed the first level with the first try	40	0.726
2.	Error and mistake made by the child were minimal	40
3.	The child knows how to recover from errors and mistakes	40
4.	The level of interaction between facilitators and the child was minimal	40
5.	Guidance and help from facilitators were minimal	40
3.	Satisfaction
1.	The game was fun	40	0.831
2.	The game was easy to play	40
3.	The child liked the game	40
4.	The child controlled the cursor movement easily	40
5.	The game was easy	40
6.	The child will play this game again	40
4.	Learnability
1.	The child felt it was easy to play the game?	40	0.842
2.	The child became better with repeated use of the game?	40
5.	Others
1.	Using the game to learn was easy	40	0.812
2.	Using the game to learn was relaxing	40
3.	Using the game to learn was simple	40
4.	Using the game to learn was satisfying	40
5.	Using the game to learn was interesting	40
Section 3. Postevaluation questionnaire
1.	Which game would the child like to play again, and why?	40	0.832
2.	Which game helps the child to learn, and why?	40
3.	Which game is considered easy to play, and why?	40