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Es-Sajjade, Abdelghani; Paas, Fred – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
Although educational games have been used for a considerable time, their true potential for enhancing achievement and motivation is still being explored. We argue in this paper that we may get closer to realizing this potential if the theoretical underpinning of educational games is improved. We developed a simple interactive math game based on…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Educational Games, Computer Games, Computer System Design
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Baytak, Ahmet; Land, Susan M.; Smith, Brian K. – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2011
This study investigated how children designed computer games as artifacts that reflected their understanding of nutrition. Ten 5th grade students were asked to design computer games with the software "Game Maker" for the purpose of teaching 1st graders about nutrition. The results from the case study show that students were able to…
Descriptors: Nutrition, Interaction, Programming, Grade 5