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Learning by Designing or Learning by Playing? A Comparative Study of the Effects of Game-Based Learning on Learning Motivation and on Short-Term and Long-Term Conversational Gains
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Chen, Shing-lung; Liu, Yeu-Ting – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
In the language learning literature, games often deal with foreign language vocabulary, but rarely with learning sentences, and barely with conversations. This study set out to examine the effects of game-based learning on foreign language learners' learning of sentences and discourse-level forms in the following settings: "learning with game…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Game Based Learning, Educational Games, Learning Motivation
The Role of Pre-Game Learning Attitude in the Prediction to Competitive Anxiety, Perceived Utility of Pre-Game Learning of Game, and Gameplay Interest
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Hong, Jon-Chao; Hwang, Ming-Yueh; Liu, Yeu-Ting; Lin, Pei-Hsin; Chen, Yi-Ling – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
Educational games can be viewed in two ways, "learning to play" or "playing to learn." The Chinese Idiom String Up Game was specifically designed to examine the effect of "learning to play" on the interrelatedness of players' gameplay interest, competitive anxiety, and perceived utility of pre-game learning (PUPGL).…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Prediction, Anxiety, Competition