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Funk, Jeanne B.; Buchman, Debra D. – Pediatric Annals, 1995
Reviews the literature on: (1) health-related effects of video games (VGs), including seizures, physiologic responses, and musculoskeletal injuries; (2) eye-hand coordination in VGs; (3) psychological adjustment related to VGs, including possible psychopathologies and violence-related effects; and (4) the educational impact of VGs. Also examines…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Aggression, Child Behavior
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Blumberg, Fran C.; Hollander, Brocha; Genovese, Julia I. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2001
Before playing a video game, 47 gifted second graders and 47 gifted fifth graders were instructed to adopt an evaluative, process, outcome, or no specific goal focus while playing. Older children showed better performance overall and their best performance when instructed to adopt an evaluative goal. Younger children showed their worst performance…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Age Differences, Attention Span, Elementary Education
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Habraken, Clarisse L. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2004
Today's "out-of-school learning" is dominated by PC games, videos, and TV. These media provide children with optimal conditions for nurturing their visuospatial intelligence. In "chemistry" and biochemistry, over the past 125 years, thinking has shifted from the "logical-mathematical" to the "logical-visuospatial." In chemistry visuospatial…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Spatial Ability, Computers
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Shih, Timothy K.; Chang, Ya-Fung; Hsu, Hun-Hui; Wang, Ying-Hong; Chen, Yung-Hui – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2004
Distance education has been an important research issue of multimedia computing and communication. Since the instructional activities are implemented on cyberspace, how to control behaviors of students and to increase the degree of communication awareness have been a challenging issue. We propose a system based on the scaffolding theory. Behaviors…
Descriptors: Video Games, Distance Education, Computer Simulation, Educational Technology
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Vandewater, Elizabeth A.; Shim, Mi-suk; Caplovitz, Allison G. – Journal of Adolescence, 2004
This study examined the links between childhood obesity, activity participation and television and video game use in a nationally representative sample of children (N=2831) ages 1-12 using age-normed body mass index (BMI) ratings. Results indicated that while television use was not related to children's weight status, video game use was. Children…
Descriptors: Obesity, Video Games, Childrens Television, Participation
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Jason, Leonard A.; Danielewicz, Jennifer; Mesina, Anna – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2005
American children spend an average of 6 hours and 32 minutes each day using various forms of media. Research has suggested that this high level of exposure has a negative impact on children's attitudes and behaviors. For example, media violence increases aggression in children, especially video games which allows children to be the aggressor and…
Descriptors: Obesity, Violence, Video Games, Rewards
Kline, Stephen; Stewart, Kym; Murphy, David – Canadian Journal of Education, 2006
The idea of media literacy prompts an increasingly divisive debate between educators who wish to protect children from the commercialization of global markets and those who challenge critical media studies as misguided, outdated, and ineffective. We have provided a historical overview of changing conceptions of media literacy as preparation and…
Descriptors: Food, Risk, Journalism Education, Media Literacy
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Keller, Suzanne M. – 1992
The four reports contained in this document examine the effects of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), which entered the lives of many children in the United States in 1986. The first report discusses a study of children's interaction with the game hardware. The study of fourth- and fifth-grade students indicated that children's interaction…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Eye Hand Coordination
Gentile, Douglas A.; Walsh, David A. – 1999
This study examined family media habits, including the use of television, movies, videos, computer and video games, the Internet, music, and print media. The study was conducted by mail with telephone follow-ups, surveying a national random sample of 527 parents of 2- to 17-year-olds who completed MediaQuotient questionnaires. Findings were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Family Attitudes, Family Environment
Lynch, Paul J.; Gentile, Douglas A.; Olson, Abbie A.; van Brederode, Tara M. – 2001
Video games have become one of the favorite activities of children in America. A growing body of research links violent video game play to aggressive cognitions, attitudes, and behaviors. This study tested the predictions that exposure to violent video game content is: (1) positively correlated with hostile attribution bias; (2) positively…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents
Horn, Eva; And Others – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1991
Three nonvocal students (ages 5-8) with severe physical handicaps were trained in scan and selection responses (similar to responses needed for operating augmentative communication systems) using a microcomputer-operated video-game format. Results indicated that all three children showed substantial increases in the number of correct responses and…
Descriptors: Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Skills, Electronic Equipment, Generalization
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Kirkley, Sonny E.; Kirkley, Jamie R. – TechTrends: Linking Research & Practice to Improve Learning, 2005
In this article, the challenges and issues of designing next generation learning environments using current and emerging technologies are addressed. An overview of the issues is provided as well as design principles that support the design of instruction and the overall learning environment. Specific methods for creating cognitively complex,…
Descriptors: Video Games, Educational Technology, Instructional Design, Technology Integration
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Gentile, Douglas, A.; Lynch, Paul, J.; Linder, Jennifer Ruh; Walsh, David, A. – Journal of Adolescence, 2004
Video games have become one of the favorite activities of American children. A growing body of research is linking violent video game play to aggressive cognitions, attitudes, and behaviors. The first goal of this study was to document the video games habits of adolescents and the level of parental monitoring of adolescent video game use. The…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Adolescents, Video Games, Violence
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Purushotma, Ravi – Language Learning & Technology, 2005
As often as language teachers lecture about the importance of continual practice to adolescent learners, the dullness of homework exercises designed primarily to be educational has difficulty competing with popular media designed solely to be entertaining. Recently, numerous attempts have been made to develop "edutainment" titles that seek to…
Descriptors: Video Games, Student Motivation, Educational Technology, Second Language Instruction
Cesarone, Bernard – 1994
This digest examines data on video game use by children, explains ratings of video game violence, and reviews research on the effects of video games on children and adolescents. A recent study of seventh and eighth graders found that 65% of males and 57% of females played 1 to 6 hours of video games at home per week, and 38% of males and 16% of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Children
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