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Mauro Marino-Jiménez; Norma Sánchez-Chávez; Yenny Rivero-Fortón; Kelly Hernández-Sánchez – SAGE Open, 2025
Student performance, disciplinary innovation and teaching methodology occupy the main concerns of educational research. Therefore, there is a greater interest in gamification strategies, where digital tools facilitate the development of competitive activities and strengthening of learning. One example of this idea is the use of video games created…
Descriptors: Video Games, Cooperative Learning, Game Based Learning, Learning Strategies
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Matilda Ståhl; Katri Hansell; Sandra Bäck; Mattias Wingren – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2025
Playing video games engages children and youth and offers a potential for learning in general and situated language learning in particular. The aim of this paper is to explore the situated conditions and affordances for facilitating in-game interaction, as well as to discuss the language learning potential and educational implications of these…
Descriptors: Video Games, Cooperative Learning, Interaction, Children
Hae Ryung Rinpoche Kim – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study explored the dynamic interplay of social constructivism, game-based learning, and communities of practice in the context of teachers using Minecraft as an educational tool. This study used a teacher survey to collect insights from teachers who use Minecraft and are members of the Minecraft Teachers' Lounge. The research investigated how…
Descriptors: Video Games, Educational Games, Computer Uses in Education, Surveys
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Erickson, Luke V.; Sammons-Lohse, Dorothy – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2021
The purpose of this study was to explore four different methods of instruction: a traditional slideshow control group, and three groups using an educational video game played either individually or facilitated with a competitive or cooperative social structure. The instructional tool was an educational video game designed to teach a personal…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Video Games, Competition, Cooperative Learning
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Todd White; Richard G. Brody; Gaurav Gupta – Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations, 2021
Serious games are computer games with a primary purpose of educating or training while also entertaining. Literature has established that serious games can enhance learning in the classroom and improve student engagement. However, few studies have analyzed the factors that inhibit the adoption of serious games. The current study extends research…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Introductory Courses
Maria Diez-Ortega – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Research in digital game-based language learning (DGBLL) has shown support for the use of games to develop linguistic knowledge and social skills in the second language (L2) classroom (Cornillie et al., 2012c; Reinhardt, 2019; Sykes & Reinhardt, 2013). Digital games often align with the definition of tasks, but not many have been intentionally…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Second Language Learning, Video Games, Technology Uses in Education
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Fu, Qing-Ke; Zou, Di; Xie, Haoran; Cheng, Gary; Hwang, Gwo-Jen – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Digital games have become increasingly popular. However, many teachers may not have relevant knowledge and experience of designing and implementing digital game-based teaching in formal classrooms. This study proposed a collaborative design approach to facilitate pre-service teachers' abilities of designing for learning with a digital game. To…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Instructional Design, Constructivism (Learning), Teaching Methods
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Barbetta, Patricia M. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2023
Higher education (HE) faculty are increasingly teaching online. For many faculty, this represents a new instructional mode that comes with its own set of challenges but also with new instructional possibilities. One challenge is identifying innovative and effective active learning methods that academically engage online students. Along with other…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Active Learning
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Corredor, Javier; Sanchez-Mora, Johanna; Bustamante-Barreto, Andry – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2021
This article explores why certain types of conversations are effective to develop disciplinary knowledge during video game play while others are not. In particular, we analyze conversations among students playing an educational video game that focuses on the process of viral replication. To do so, we use an emergent qualitative coding strategy. In…
Descriptors: Video Games, Play, Educational Games, Microbiology
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Azhar, Sheikh Ahmad Firdaus Jamil; Jalil, Habibah Ab – Asian Journal of University Education, 2022
In the 21st century, mobile games have become a growing interest among children, including primary school students. This can be a great opportunity for instructors to utilize mobile games approaches and students' interest in games for education teaching and learning purposes, specifically in the primary classroom environment. However, there is no…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Amr M. Mohamed; Tahany S. Shaaban; Hassen Alazhar Jmaiel – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2024
Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the perspectives of English as a Foreign Language Special Education teachers (EFLSE) regarding game-based learning approaches for addressing behavioral disorders in ADHD patients. Method: The study involved a sample (n = 131) of EFLSE teachers who completed a questionnaire to determine how…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, English (Second Language), Teacher Attitudes, Game Based Learning
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A, Gulinna; Lee, Youngjin – International Journal on E-Learning, 2020
Gamification, the use of game design elements in non-gaming context, has been introduced to education as a novel teaching and learning approach to engage learners. Current literature has focused on finding ways to afford the playfulness and gamefulness of gamification. This paper has studied college students' perceptions of pleasure in learning to…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Teaching Styles, Instructional Effectiveness, Cooperative Learning
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Warren, Scott; Najmi, Anjum; Beck, Dennis – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2019
There is evidence that video games can promote an inquiry-based and dynamic form of lifelong learning. For example, video games have been shown to support problem-solving processes, developing critical thinking skills, and foster the communication skills necessary for civic engagement. This study examined how scholarship is informed through…
Descriptors: Video Games, 21st Century Skills, Computer Literacy, Teaching Experience
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Barr, Matthew – Online Submission, 2017
This study measured the effects of playing commercial video games on the development of the desirable skills and competences sometimes referred to as 'graduate attributes'. Undergraduate students in the Arts and Humanities were randomly assigned to either an intervention or a control group. Previously validated, self-report instruments to measure…
Descriptors: Video Games, Skill Development, Job Skills, Undergraduate Students
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Rafferty, Anna N., Ed.; Whitehill, Jacob, Ed.; Romero, Cristobal, Ed.; Cavalli-Sforza, Violetta, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2020
The 13th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2020) was originally arranged to take place in Ifrane, Morocco. Due to the SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) epidemic, EDM 2020, as well as most other academic conferences in 2020, had to be changed to a purely online format. To facilitate efficient transmission of…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Teaching Methods, Information Retrieval, Data Processing
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