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Direct linkKirk Vanacore; Adam Sales; Alison Liu; Erin Ottmar – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
Background: Persisting after experiencing difficulty allows students to work in the upper ends of their zones of proximal development, where most learning occurs (Ventura et al., 2013; Vygotsky & Cole, 1978). Digital educational games promote productive persistence by allowing students to repeat the same or similar problems until they reach…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Game Based Learning, Failure, Algebra
