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Direct linkLei, Hao; Chiu, Ming Ming; Wang, Danyi; Wang, Chenxin; Xie, Tongwei – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022
This meta-analysis examines the effects of game-based learning (GBL), compared with traditional instructional methods, on the science achievement of students, ranging from primary school to university. Results from the 41 primary studies of 6256 participants showed heterogeneity among effect sizes. The random effects model results showed a…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Science Achievement, Meta Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Lei, Hao; Wang, Chenxin; Chiu, Ming Ming; Chen, Shuangye – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2022
Background: Researchers debate whether game-based learning (GBL) affects students' achievement emotions, as past studies yielded mixed results. Objectives: This study determines the overall effect of GBL on students' positive achievement emotion and their negative achievement emotions (PAEs, NAEs), along with their moderators. Methods: This…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Academic Achievement, Psychological Patterns, Meta Analysis
Mao, Weijie; Cui, Yunhuo; Chiu, Ming M.; Lei, Hao – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022
As past studies showed mixed results, this meta-analysis determined game-based learning's overall effect on students' critical thinking and tested for moderators, using 21 effect sizes from 20 empirical studies of 1,947 participants. The results showed that game-based learning had a significant positive overall effect on students' critical…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Critical Thinking, Effect Size, Role Playing
