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Rahimi, Farzan Baradaran; Kim, Beaumie – Learning, Media and Technology, 2023
When we give meanings to a physical space, we engage in place-making. With technologies, the place-making activities can be extended to virtual and hybrid spaces. In games, actual or virtual space can gain narrative and meaning transforming into a playce (i.e., a place for play). We suggest that playce-making (i.e., transforming a space into a…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Play, Educational Change, Design
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Charsky, Dennis; Ressler, William – Computers & Education, 2011
Does using a computer game improve students' motivation to learn classroom material? The current study examined students' motivation to learn history concepts while playing a commercial, off-the-shelf computer game, Civilization III. The study examined the effect of using conceptual scaffolds to accompany game play. Students from three ninth-grade…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Concept Mapping, Play, Student Motivation