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Cailyn N. Dougherty; Michelle Parker – English in Texas, 2023
Video games' popularity has continued to increase from their origins within a niche community to something engaged in by the general public. This field of literacy-making has a plethora of benefits to bridging skills both within and outside of the ELAR classroom for students of various backgrounds and skill sets, including language learners and…
Descriptors: Video Games, Literacy, Language Arts, Game Based Learning
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Earle, Elizabeth – Communication Teacher, 2022
Courses: Small Group Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Relational Communication, Communication Theory, Introduction to Communication, or any course with a unit on teamwork or a group project. Objective: This activity engages students in an experiential learning activity through the popular online video game Among Us in order to teach…
Descriptors: Video Games, Cooperative Learning, Group Dynamics, Electronic Learning
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Bergstrom, Kelly – Communication Teacher, 2021
Courses: Introductory Research Methods, Digital Cultures. Objectives: This activity introduces students to participant observation as a method for data collection. Through this activity, students will gain experience taking observational field notes. The debriefing discussion will allow students to practice using their observational notes as…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Video Games, Participant Observation, Learning Activities
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Zachariah Beck; Brandon Alpert; Alexander Bowman; William R. Watson; Adrian B. Tepole – Biomedical Engineering Education, 2024
Video games have emerged as a medium for learning by creating engaging environments, encouraging creative and deep thinking, and exposing learners to complex problems. Unfortunately, even though there are increasing examples of video games for many basic science and engineering concepts, similar efforts for higher level engineering concepts such…
Descriptors: Video Games, Technology Uses in Education, Biomedicine, Engineering Education
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Irwanto Irwanto; Ucu Cahyana; Ni Putu Sri Ayuni; Rudi Suhartono Wijayako – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2024
Students' attitudes towards Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL) in developing countries such as Indonesia are rarely investigated despite the fact that digital games are being used in secondary education increasingly. This research aims to explore students' attitudes towards DGBL in chemistry. We used a quantitative study method using a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Video Games
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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
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Seiter, John S.; Gass, Robert H.; Seiter, Christian R. – Communication Teacher, 2018
Courses: Persuasion, Compliance Gaining. Objectives: In this single-class activity, based loosely on the video-game sensation Pokémon GO, students learn about, enact, and "capture" a variety of compliance-gaining tactics. Along the way, they gain awareness of various approaches to persuasion, the implications of using such approaches,…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Class Activities, Video Games, Compliance (Psychology)
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Drumhiller, Nicole K., Ed.; Wilkin, Terri L., Ed.; Srba, Karen V., Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Simulation and game-based learning are essential applications in a learning environment as they provide learners an opportunity to apply the course material in real-life scenarios. Introducing real-life learning allows the learner to make critical decisions at different points within the simulation providing constructive education that leads to a…
Descriptors: Simulation, Game Based Learning, Emergency Programs, Authentic Learning
Kristin Lems; Tenena M. Soro; Gareth Charles – Guilford Press, 2024
Now in a revised and expanded third edition, this established course text and teacher guide explores the processes involved in second-language acquisition and translates the research into practical instructional strategies for PreK-12. Engaging classroom vignettes and personal reflections from the authors and other seasoned educators bring the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism, Bilingual Students
Willis, Judy; Willis, Malana – ASCD, 2020
Thanks to unprecedented advances in brain science, we know more about the brain today than ever before. But what does that science tell us about how we learn? How can we capture the power of neuroscience research so that it benefits our students? Judy Willis and Malana Willis answer these questions with clarity and insight, translating recent…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Neurosciences, Brain, Elementary Secondary Education
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
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Briscoe, Michael – Science Teacher, 2019
FLEET is a free ship-design simulator that reaches students in their native environment--video games. It is also a physics simulator that applies content first learned through hands-on scientific investigations. Using FLEET, students design and use ships for various naval missions by mastering scientific concepts such as force, energy, and work,…
Descriptors: Video Games, Computer Simulation, Physics, Hands on Science
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Carolin Fuchs, Editor; Mirjam Hauck, Editor; Melinda Dooly, Editor – Educational Linguistics, 2021
This book brings together contributions on learner autonomy from a myriad of contexts to advance our understanding of what autonomous language learning looks like with digital tools, and how this understanding is shaped by and can shape different socio-institutional, curricular, and instructional support. To this end, the individual contributions…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Interaction, Second Language Learning, Educational Technology
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Fontana, Matthew T. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
Social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic presents mental health and academic obstacles for students. As mental health can strongly influence academic performance, addressing the loss of community by transitioning to distance education, midsemester, is imperative. This work draws upon the community and wellness benefits associated with online…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Videoconferencing, Video Games, Educational Games
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Reinhardt, Jonathon – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2019
This book offers a comprehensive examination of the theory, research, and practice of the use of digital games in second and foreign language teaching and learning (L2TL). It explores how to harness the enthusiasm, engagement, and motivation that digital gaming can inspire by adopting a gameful L2TL approach that encompasses game-enhanced,…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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