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Zhao, Jingjie; Zhou, Kaiyuan; Ding, Yi – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2022
Applying digital games (DG) in medical education and learning is increasing. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to determine the effectiveness of DG compared with other methods in terms of improving knowledge or satisfaction of learners in the medical field. An extensive search of publications dated between 2010 and 2020 was carried out through…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Medical Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Student Satisfaction
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Art Tsang; Christelle Davis – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
Emotions have received widespread attention in the education field globally thanks to the greater emphasis on well-being in recent times. Against this backdrop and the fact that foreign language (FL) education is increasingly common from a young age, this study set out to investigate what FL "classroom activities" children find most…
Descriptors: Well Being, Psychological Patterns, Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning
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Wang, Meiqian; Zheng, Xudong – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2021
Game-based learning refers to establishing learning environments that involve digital or non-digital games to enhance students' knowledge and skill acquisition. Previous studies indicated that game-based learning is superior to the conventional instructional method, but few compared the differences between different game types. This study examined…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Science Instruction, Middle School Students, Foreign Countries
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Yu-Cheng Lin; Huei-Tse Hou – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
Strategic planning is a key competency for business management education. This study designed a dual scaffold-oriented strategy planning board game based on cognitive scaffolding and peer scaffolding and combined it with a real-time checking mechanism using mobile technology. The 68 university students were divided into an experimental group for…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Design, Strategic Planning, Evaluation Methods
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Chin-Huang Daniel Liao; Wen-Chi Vivian Wu; Venny Gunawan; Tin-Chang Chang – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
This comparative study aimed to investigate the effects of an Augmented-Reality Game-Based Learning application, "StemUp," on the English learning performance and motivation of distinct rural and urban groups of young EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners. Multiple sources of data collection were employed, including pre- and…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Physical Environment, Simulated Environment, Synthesis
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Kuo, Wei-Chen; Hsu, Ting-Chia – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2020
This study utilized unplugged computational thinking learning material named Robot City as the instructional material. The board game corresponds to structural programming, including sequential structure, conditional structure, repetitive structure, and the modeling concept of calling a procedure in programming languages. According to the…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Computation, Educational Games, Instructional Materials
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Chen, Ching-Huei; Huang, Kun; Liu, Jun-Han – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2020
This quasi-experimental study investigated the effects of enhancing digital game-based science learning with the predict-observe-explain (POE) inquiry scaffolds. One hundred twenty seventh-grade students were assigned to either an experimental group or a control group. The two groups of students played the same game, but the experimental group…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Student Behavior