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Direct linkGilje, Øystein; Silseth, Kenneth – Learning, Media and Technology, 2019
In this article, we use a model for games and literacy to explore how one FIFA gamer worked across contexts. Previously, this model has been used to address the role of computer and video games in the teaching of literacy in the subject of English. In the current article, we combine this model with a learning lives perspective, which builds on the…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Literacy Education, Transfer of Training, Teaching Methods
Monjelat, Natalia; Méndez, Laura; Lacasa, Pilar – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2017
Student interaction in school contexts is a topic that has been researched from many different perspectives. However, the role of students as tutors scaffolding other peers is not normally addressed, since studies are usually focused on the teacher. Moreover, considering the many technologies that can support students' work nowadays, studies…
Descriptors: Tutors, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Video Games, Problem Solving
Méndez, Laura; Lacasa, Pilar – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2015
Introduction: The purpose of this study is to provide a framework for analysis from which to interpret the transformations that take place, as perceived by the participants, when commercial video games are used in the classroom. We will show how Activity Theory (AT) is able to explain and interpret these changes. Method: Case studies are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Games, Social Theories, Case Studies
Download full textHerrero, David; del Castillo, Héctor; Monjelat, Natalia; García-Varela, Ana Belén; Checa, Mirian; Gómez, Patricia – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2014
Scientific literacy is more than the simple reproduction of traditional school science knowledge and requires a set of skills, among them identifying scientific issues, explaining phenomena scientifically and using scientific evidence. Several studies have indicated that playing computer games in the classroom can support the development of…
Descriptors: Evolution, Biology, Scientific Literacy, Computer Games
Méndez, Laura; García-Pernía, María Ruth; Cortés, Sara – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2014
This study attempts to show how the creation of an innovative scenario, introducing video games and online communities as educational resources in the classroom, facilitates the development of new literacies in the context of participatory culture. The experience described was carried out during the 2010-2011 academic year in a secondary school…
Descriptors: Video Games, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Secondary School Students
Lacasa, Pilar; García-Pernía, María-Ruth; Núñez, Patricia – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
The main goal of this paper is to analyze adolescents' experiences when they play SimCity (EA, 2008), a commercial videogame, in an innovative learning environment designed around the concept of participatory culture. By using this video game in the classroom and machinima productions created in relation to the game, we sought to generate a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Technology, Video Games, Technology Uses in Education
