Table 5 Planning: mediation recommendations for interactive serious games

M4/Ask children why.

M4/Ask children what they think about precision and what it means.

x

M5/Ask about the causes and their relation with consequences.

x

M6/Encourage children to think aloud.

x

M6/Ask what they would do differently and about other ways to solve the problem.

M7/Ask children to justify their answers.

M7/Ask children to explain the difference between their responses and those of other children.

x

M8/Ask them about the object of the game.

M8/Ask them about the strategies used to achieve the object of the game.

M9/Ask children to tell you what new things they have done and what they have created.

M9/Ask children to compare with others in order to discover what is new in their answers, and to accept changes.

x

M9/Ask children what new principles could apply to new situations.

x

M10/Ask children about the classification and what this classification implies.

M10/Ask children about other possible classifications or criteria.

x

M11/Ask children about the results that they expect.

M11/Congratulate children when they answer correctly.

M11/Encourage children when they answer incorrectly.