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Avvisati, Francesco; Borgonovi, Francesca – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2023
Written instructions seldom need to be read when playing videogames. Instead, gaming often involves early information foraging and expansive exploration behaviors. We use data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) to explore whether students who regularly play videogames (daily gamers) adopt behaviors that are typical of…
Descriptors: Video Games, Science Process Skills, Problem Solving, Discovery Learning
Nurmukhamedov, Ulugbek, Ed.; Sadler, Randall, Ed. – TESOL Press, 2020
For young learners to adults, "New Ways in Teaching with Games" offers over 90 fresh activities -- each with video instruction -- that involve play and games that will enrich your EFL and ESL classrooms. This innovative volume: (1) Introduces traditional, online, and commercial games and explains how they can be used to practice…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Activities, Video Technology, Play
Kozdras, Deborah; Joseph, Christine; Schneider, Jenifer Jasinski – Reading Teacher, 2015
In this article, we describe how literacy strategies can be adapted for playing (and reading) video games--games that embed disciplinary content in multimedia texts. Using close viewing and guided playing strategies with online games and simulations, we share ideas for helping students navigate and comprehend multimedia texts in order to learn…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Video Games, Multimedia Materials, Educational Games
Vieyra, Rebecca; Edwards, Teon; Rowe, Elizabeth; Asbell-Clarke, Jodi – Science Teacher, 2015
Gaming is becoming an effective form of learning and assessment and shouldn't be overlooked in an increasingly technological world. The games described in this article ("Impulse," "Quantum Spectre," and "Ravenous"), entertaining enough to be played by the general public, are also appropriate and useful in a classroom…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Education, Play, Educational Games
Jiménez, Osvaldo – Theory Into Practice, 2015
With games captivating the minds of many children in the United States, educators may be interested in trying to introduce games into their classrooms. This article offers educators insights into how to understand and incorporate games that are inherently social, promoting effective discourse in their classrooms. Although educational games and…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Classroom Techniques, Group Discussion, Play
Adams, Caralee – Instructor, 2011
When kids play video games, they want to perfect their skills, advance to the next level, and become a master. It is the kind of focus that many teachers would love to see in their classrooms. From elementary through high school, computer games are being woven into the curriculum to engage students in new ways. However, many schools lack the…
Descriptors: Expertise, Play, Video Games, Web Sites
Sweeny, Robert W. – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2010
Videogames represent one of the fastest growing and most influential forms of contemporary visual culture. In this article, the author looks to five aspects of current videogames: perspective, interactivity, interface, narrative, and time and movement. Each of these videogame modalities is analyzed as related to a wide range of popular media,…
Descriptors: Video Games, Art Education, Art Products, Spatial Ability