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Direct linkChen, Chen; Hardjo, Stephanie; Sonnert, Gerhard; Hui, Jiaojiao; Sadler, Philip M. – International Journal of STEM Education, 2023
Background: Digital media are pervasive in the lives of young people and provide opportunities for them to learn about STEM. Multiple theories argue that the STEM media environment may shape how youth see a STEM career in their future. Yet, little is known about how pre-college digital media consumption may be related to students' STEM career…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, STEM Careers, Student Interests, Mass Media Role
Download full textVosburg, Donald – CALICO Journal, 2017
The use of video games as a learning tool, in particular massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs), continues to grow, as does the research in this field of study; research to date has revealed benefits to the language learner as well as hindrances and research gaps (Godwin-Jones, 2014). This study examines participant perspectives on group…
Descriptors: Video Games, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Second Language Learning
Barron, Nancy Guera; Gruber, Sibylle; Pfannenstiel, Amber Nicole – Across the Disciplines, 2016
In this article, we show how discussions of creating high-impact learning experiences led to the Undergraduate Videogame Symposium, a public venue where students from all disciplines presented their disciplinary learning to a non-disciplinary audience. After providing an introduction to the learning principles emphasized by the Interdisciplinary…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Participant Observation, Undergraduate Students
Mills, Leila A.; Lin, Lin – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
This paper examines literature on the development of self-knowledge for possible selves--how an individual thinks about oneself and one's potential future selves (Markus & Nurius, 1986). Future science selves research, a recent offshoot of possible selves theories, centers on the development and loss of future possible scientific selves and…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Persistence, Careers, Vocational Interests
Dittmer, Jason – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2010
This paper addresses the potential for increased deployment of immersive virtual worlds in higher geographic education. An account of current practice regarding popular culture in the geography classroom is offered, focusing on the objectification of popular culture rather than its constitutive role vis-a-vis place. Current e-learning practice is…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Electronic Learning, Geography Instruction, Constructivism (Learning)
Starkman, Neal – Campus Technology, 2007
Colleges and universities head into virtual worlds, and student learning and psychology are changed forever. For the past few years, Creighton University, a Jesuit institution of about 6,700 students has hosted GameFest (www2.creighton.edu/doit/gamefest), a 12-hour marathon of high-tech, interactive gaming sessions among Creighton students, using…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Faculty, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes
Pracana, Clara, Ed. – Online Submission, 2014
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends 2014, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 4 to 6 of April. Psychology, in our time, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and behavioral…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Prevention
Annetta, Leonard A.; Murray, Marshall R.; Laird, Shelby Gull; Bohr, Stephanie C.; Park, John C. – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2006
Technological advances in the new millennium may evoke disquiet among administrators and teachers taxed with understanding how to harness new capabilities and merge them with sound pedagogy. To understand how gaming might bridge the gap between student interest and how lessons are taught, graduate students in science education at North Carolina…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Video Games, Distance Education, Student Interests
