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Pedro Santos Bartolomé; Tom Van Gerven – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2025
The authors develop an educational simulation game for basic vapour-liquid equilibrium (VLE) to use in chemical engineering education, basing the design on educational guidelines from the active learning literature. The game is tested in three cohorts totalling 84 students, showing significant increase in a knowledge test of VLE, and positive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Chemical Engineering, Computer Simulation
Kurt D. Squire – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2021
At Play in the Cosmos is a game for University-level Astronomy courses. Designed as a collaboration between the Games + Learning + Society Center, an academic center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Norton & Company, Cosmos is intended to support a "game-first" model of curriculum in which students play the game before…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Game Based Learning, Learning Activities, Design
Rahul Mohandas; Subhashree Mohapatra – Digital Education Review, 2025
Game-based learning (GBL) is an effective learning tool for medical and dental undergraduates in enhancing knowledge and skills as well as gaining student engagement and motivation. Educational games can create a social constructivist learning environment, where learners can construct their knowledge through interactions with their peers and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Dentistry, Game Based Learning, Student Motivation
Wendee White; Paul Gault; Jill Shimi; Kristi Herd; Gaye Manwaring – Discover Education, 2025
This study explores the effectiveness and design value of 'Resilience Education Supports Students in Life' (RESSIL), an adventure-based digital game for developing resilience capacities in undergraduate students at one UK University. RESSIL was designed in response to the increasing wellbeing needs of undergraduate students and in recognition of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Computer Games, Educational Games
Kirsi Syynimaa; Kirsi Lainema; Timo Lainema – International Journal of Technology in Education, 2024
The application of digital game-based learning (GBL) methods has lately received more attention in higher education (HE). An extensive body of previous investigations has recognised the potential of instructional games to advance the learning of appropriate work life skills. However, there seems to be a lack of understanding in the current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Game Based Learning, Educational Games
Huang, Yueh-Min; Silitonga, Lusia M.; Murti, Astrid T.; Wu, Ting-Ting – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2023
Higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) are reliable predictors of success in school and the workplace. A typical technique for encouraging higher-order thinking is to use instructional design interventions that engage learners in simple cognitive activities. Business simulation game (BSG) is one of the types of interactive learning environments that…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Undergraduate Students, Business Administration Education, Educational Games
Erümit, Semra Fis; Yilmaz, Türkan Karakus – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2022
In this study, gamification with game-based activities was implemented in an undergraduate information technologies course in a university. While the qualitative results of this mixed methods revealed what aspects of gamification supported students' learning in this course, the quantitative analysis of responses to pre- and post-testing showed…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Undergraduate Students, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement
Dennis Ward – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this study was to design, develop, and test the effects of digital game-based learning on undergraduate students' learning motivation, mathematics achievement, and learning retention in a college algebra course. Digital games utilize interactive digital media that offer rules-based challenges and react to the individual's choices.…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Game Based Learning, College Mathematics, Algebra
Efe, Hacer; Topsakal, Ünsal Umdu – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
In this study, the opinions of pre-service teachers on the use of educational digital games in science lessons were examined. The research model of the study is qualitative model. The criterion sampling method, which is one of the purposive sampling methods, was used in the selection of the study group. The study group consists of 12 undergraduate…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Education, Game Based Learning, Educational Games
Poonsri Vate-U-Lan; Desmond Cahill – Cogent Education, 2024
This quasi-experimental research investigated the efficacy of applying the Society 5.0 concept to establish game-based learning on Metaverse Space for undergraduates in an international program in Bangkok, Thailand. The study was conducted in a Thai public university's international college with a population of six classes of junior university…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Game Based Learning, Multiple Choice Tests
Udeozor, Chioma; Russo Abegão, Fernando; Glassey, Jarka – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022
The growing interest in the use of digital games for education resulted in the expansion of the field of game-based learning. There have been several research on the perceptions and attitudes of students towards the use of games for learning. These studies have tried to understand what students make of the use of digital games for learning, as it…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Computer Games, Engineering Education, Student Attitudes
Verma, Vipin; Craig, Scotty D.; Levy, Roy; Bansal, Ajay; Amresh, Ashish – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2022
Detection and responding to a player's affect are important for serious games. A method for this purpose was tested within Chem-o-crypt, a game that teaches chemical equation balancing. The game automatically detects boredom, flow, and frustration using the Affdex SDK from Affectiva. The sensed affective state is then used to adapt the game play…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Game Based Learning, Media Adaptation, Learner Engagement
Kargash, Atymanova; Gulden, Yespolova; Yerubay, Baibekov; Akmaral, Berdaliyeva; Omarov, Nurlybek; Nagashbek, Zhilisbayev – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2022
The aim of this study is to determine the creation of communicative competencies of students with game technology. The research was conducted in the fall semester of 2021-2022; the research consists of 327 volunteer students studying at universities in Kazakhstan and continuing their education. According to the sub-objectives of the research, the…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Computer Games
Choi, Doo-Hun; Noh, Ghee-Young – SAGE Open, 2021
The three-dimensional (3D) virtual reality content is widely used for educational and training purposes, and there has been interest in how virtual reality environments influence users' learning effect. Analyzing survey data collected from a game play, this study examined how presence in a 3D virtual reality car driving simulation game impacts…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Intention, Computer Simulation, Computer Games
Langenhagen, Julian – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2022
Although badges are among the most-used game elements in gamified education, studies about their optimal features to motivate learning are scarce. How should a badge be designed to represent an incentive for a specific goal like optimal exam preparation? This study examines usage data of a higher education learning app to determine whether the…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Goal Orientation, Computer Software, Game Based Learning