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Anderson, Craig A.; Morrow, Melissa – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1995
Extended and tested Deutsch's theory of competition effects. Predicted that people view competitive situations as inherently more aggressive than cooperative ones. Predicted that leading people to think of an aggressive situation in competitive terms would increase aggressive behavior. Increase of kill ratio occurred in absence of changes in…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
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Lee, Mark J. W.; Eustace, Ken; Fellows, Geoff; Bytheway, Allan; Irving, Leah – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2005
This paper reports on the first stage of a project to develop and test the use of massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs) for promoting computer supported collaborative learning through instructional gaming in the high school classroom. Teachers and students of English and Science at Swan View Senior High School, Western…
Descriptors: Video Games, Role Playing, Foreign Countries, Educational Games
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Gross, M. Scott – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2005
This article provides a review of some of the currently available literature surrounding the academic study of video games. Many of these theoretical methods have been used to study film and television and are discussed here in order to frame the need for further examination of video games. Suggestions for the use of video games in the classroom…
Descriptors: Video Games, Sexuality, Sex Education, Educational Games
Cesarone, Bernard – 1998
This Digest reviews research on the demographics and effects of video game playing, discusses game rating systems, and offers recommendations for parents. The Digest begins by discussing research on the time children spend playing electronic games, which shows that younger children's game playing at home (90% of fourth-graders played at least one…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Children, Computer Games
Din, Feng S.; Caleo, Josephine – 2000
This study investigated whether kindergarten students who played Sony Play Station (Lightspan) computer games learned better than peers who did not play such games. Participants were 47 African-American kindergartners from two classes of an urban school in the Northeast. A pretest and posttest with control group design was used in the study. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Cesarone, Bernard – 2000
This Spanish-language digest reviews research on the demographics and effects of video game playing, discusses game rating systems, and offers recommendations for parents. The digest begins by discussing research on the time children spend playing electronic games, which shows that younger children's game playing at home (90% of fourth-graders…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Children, Computer Games
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Klemm, Bonita; And Others – Young Children, 1995
Presents four articles addressing various aspects of violence in the context of children's everyday life: video game violence, gun play, violent children's television programming, and war play. Proposes possible developmentally appropriate solutions. Urges teachers, parents, and the community in general to actively work to provide a safer, saner…
Descriptors: Aggression, Childhood Attitudes, Emotional Response, Parent Responsibility
Winograd, Kathryn – Converge, 2001
Under the direction of the Pennsylvania Department of Migrant Education, an educational software company has adapted educational curricula to a video game format for use in video game consoles that hook into television sets. Migrant children using these at home have made significant gains in math, reading, English fluency, and critical thinking…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Games, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This October 29, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "A Job-Hunting Guru Comes up Short" (Zimbleman, Dana A.); (2) "Distinctive Words That are Seldom Heard…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Community Colleges, College Presidents, Conferences
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Fedorov, Alexander – Grantee Submission, 2003
The comparison of the Russian and American experience regarding media violence, standards for rating Russian media programs, and a course of study on media violence for students will have a significant impact upon Russian society, will raise Russian societal and governmental attention to the infringement of the Rights of the Child on the Russian…
Descriptors: Violence, Childrens Rights, Television, Programming (Broadcast)
Annichiarico, Mark; And Others – Library Journal, 1994
Provides an overview of the 1994 American Library Association Convention. Highlights include problems with the location; teen violence; federal legislation; awards; speakers; gender issues and technology, including video games and the Internet; intellectual freedom; multiculturalism and librarian recruitment; CD-ROM; and exhibits. (LRW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Awards, Computer Networks, Conferences
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Halverson, Richard – Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2005
Schools have much to learn from video games and the gaming community. By providing compelling activities for motivating otherwise indifferent learners, video games can potentially help teachers improve the design of learning environments. However, there are considerable rhetorical and practical barriers between the schooling and gaming communities…
Descriptors: Video Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Educational Games
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Squire, Kurt – Innovate: Journal of Online Education, 2005
Over the past few years, games have gone from social pariahs to the darlings of the media, technology, and now educational industries. E-learning educators in particular stand to learn a lot about building next-generation learning environments from games. While online courses are usually little more than "online course notes," games offer entire…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, World History, Activity Units, Video Games
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Chalup, Stephan K.; Mellor, Drew; Rosamond, Fran – Computer Science Education, 2005
Hex is a challenging strategy board game for two players. To enhance students' progress in acquiring understanding and practical experience with complex machine intelligence and programming concepts we developed the Machine Intelligence Hex (MIHex) project. The associated undergraduate student assignment is about designing and implementing Hex…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Programming, Questionnaires
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Jones, Mark J. – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2004
The current research investigates the effect of participation in the Neighborhood Academic Initiative Scholars Program (NAI) on the students' sense of self as viewed through autophotography. The NAI is designed to prepare inner-city middle school students, composed mainly of African-Americans and Hispanics, for entry into a four year university.…
Descriptors: Video Games, Neighborhoods, Middle Schools, Middle School Students
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