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Associations of Subjective Immersion, Immersion Subfactors, and Learning Outcomes in the Revised Game Engagement Model
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Barclay, Paul A.; Bowers, Clint – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2018
Serious Educational Video Games (SEGs) play a large role in education for both children and adults. However, the budget for SEGs is typically lower than traditional entertainment video games, bringing with it the need to optimize the learning experience. This article looks at the role game immersion plays in improving learning outcomes, using the…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Video Games, Learner Engagement, Outcomes of Education
Video Games vs. Reading and School/Cognitive Performances: A Study on 27000 Middle School Teenagers
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Lieury, Alain; Lorant, Sonia; Trosseille, Bruno; Champault, Françoise; Vourc'h, Ronan – Educational Psychology, 2016
Video games are a very common leisure activity among teenagers and the aim of this study is to analyse their relations with cognitive and school performances. This study is part of a broad survey, conducted on 27,000 French teenagers (14.5 years old) in middle school (9th grade). The survey contained both a questionnaire on leisure activities…
Descriptors: Video Games, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Adolescents
Case Study of an Epistemic Mathematics Computer Game
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Buteau, Chantal; Muller, Eric – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2018
E-Brock Bugs is a serious educational game (SEG) about probability which was created based on Devlin's design principles for games whose players adopt identities of mathematically able persons. This kind of games in which "players think and act like real world professionals" has been called epistemic. This article presents an empirical…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Educational Games, Probability, Educational Technology
Player Characteristics and Games: Findings and Implications for Distance Learning
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Marvel, Michele D. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2017
Understanding the factors that affect participation in online games will help educational game designers develop games that maximize participation. This study investigated whether introversion or extroversion, player motivation, and gender affected participation in online games. Participants (n = 400) completed a 50-item questionnaire about…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Video Games, Computer Games, Educational Technology
Digital-Gaming Trajectories and Second Language Development
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Scholz, Kyle W.; Schulze, Mathias – Language Learning & Technology, 2017
Recent research in digital game-based language learning has been encouraging, yet it would benefit from research methods that focus on the gaming processes and second-language development (Larsen-Freeman, 2015) rather than learner/player reflection or individuals' beliefs about the validity of gameplay. This has proven challenging as research…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Role Playing, Observation
Using a Video Game to Teach Supply Chain and Logistics Management
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Liu, Chiung-Lin – Interactive Learning Environments, 2017
This study used OpenTTD, a video game that supports in-depth experiential learning, to evaluate undergraduate students' opinions regarding supply chain and logistics management learning. The 101 undergraduate participants were assigned to either an experimental group or a control group. From the post-test questionnaires, the analytical results…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Control Groups, Experimental Groups, Questionnaires
The Examination of Video as Mass Media in Turkish Society. Summary of the Final Report. Anadolu University Publications No. 249.
Barkan, Murat, Comp.; And Others – 1988
This report discusses the growth of videocassette recorder (VCR) technology and its use by Turkish audiences, and attempts to analyze both the socioeconomic background and video viewing habits of a target population. The first of two sections provides information on video technology and its use through a review of relevant literature, including a…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Foreign Countries, Mass Media Effects, Questionnaires