{"schemaVersion":1,"record":{"key":"mechanic/learning-accessibility--t317","type":"mechanic","id":"learning-accessibility--t317","lang":"en","title":"Argumentation, source verification and critical reading","summary":"Critical reading compares claims with sources, evidential quality and possible alternative explanations.","updatedAt":"2026-10-22","status":"active","url":"https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/learning-accessibility--t317/","jsonUrl":"https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/learning-accessibility--t317.json","markdownUrl":"https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/learning-accessibility--t317.md","aliases":["Argumentation and source checking"],"tags":["Children, education and accessibility","Mechanics and variants"],"sourceIds":["source-d4c7409816f79db5","source-86b980b788f54522"],"sources":[{"id":"source-d4c7409816f79db5","title":"Game Accessibility Guidelines","url":"https://gameaccessibilityguidelines.com/","verifiedAt":null},{"id":"source-86b980b788f54522","title":"Her Story","url":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/368370/","verifiedAt":null}],"sections":[{"id":"principle","title":"How it works","body":"Critical reading compares claims with sources, evidential quality and possible alternative explanations."},{"id":"variants","title":"Variants","body":"### Mechanic variants\n\n<a id=\"t317-variants\"></a>\n\n- Provenance connects a quote to original material. <a id=\"t317-v1\"></a>\n- Context tests the limits of an inference. <a id=\"t317-v2\"></a>\n- Arguments separate evidence from the claim. <a id=\"t317-v3\"></a>\n- Counterexamples test an overbroad generalization. <a id=\"t317-v4\"></a>"},{"id":"example","title":"Design example","body":"A player compares a headline with its table and notices the conclusion applies to only one observed group.\n\nPrototype check: Test reasoning about evidence rather than selecting by visual appearance or a familiar source name."},{"id":"context","title":"Context and limits","body":"Learning tasks should assess the stated action while accessibility supports different motor and sensory channels. Each overview separates player actions, state changes and alternative rules. Examples are hypothetical design scenarios, not claims about a named game. A prototype check states an observable question for the next iteration. Existing detailed references remain separately linked from the direction map."}],"relations":[],"placements":[{"catalogId":"learning-accessibility","id":"t317","title":"Children, education and accessibility","url":"https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/learning-accessibility/#t317","categoryIds":["mechanics"]}],"supersededBy":[],"attributes":{"preview":{"updatedAt":"2026-10-22","title":"Argumentation and source checking","description":"Critical reading compares claims with sources, evidential quality and possible alternative explanations.","image":{"src":"images/mechanics/adventure-her-story-00.webp","width":1440,"height":900,"crop":{"x":120,"y":0,"width":1200,"height":900},"game":"Her Story","sourceUrl":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/368370/","originalUrl":"https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/368370/ss_47f0e58df778d9f10b3df40ddce8bba8e592b1fb.1920x1080.jpg?t=1684962832","credit":"Sam Barlow","rights":"Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Publisher-distributed Steam screenshot; all rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.","caption":"A search query, recordings and a user tag","alt":"A search query, recordings and a user tag","markers":[{"x":58,"y":40,"label":"A query retrieves related recordings"},{"x":44,"y":59,"label":"The player adds a personal tag"}]},"tips":["Separate the source evidence, interpretation and conclusion."],"examples":[{"title":"Her Story","url":"https://store.steampowered.com/app/368370/"}]}},"endsAt":null,"provenance":"Original bilingual editorial overviews authored for gamemechanics.pro on 2026-10-20 and reviewed on 2026-10-21. Scenarios are hypothetical design examples; prototype checks describe work to perform, not completed playtests. Primary sources support the stated techniques and implementation context, not every proposed variant.","license":"CC-BY-4.0","codeLicense":"MIT","attribution":"gamemechanics.pro contributors","catalogKey":"catalog/learning-accessibility"}}