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Algodoo for Interactive Learning: Effects on Students' Achievement and Motivation towards Science
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Kirmizigül, Asli Saylan – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
This study investigates the effects of the Algodoo interactive learning program on fifth-grade students' achievement in science and motivation towards science. The research was carried out in the fall semester of the 2020-2021 academic year with the participation of 110 fifth grade students. In the study, a pre-test-post-test control group…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Grade 5, Student Motivation, Science Achievement
The Effectiveness of Using In-Game Cards as Reward
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Chen, Peayton; Kuo, Rita; Chang, Maiga; Heh, Jia-Sheng – Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2017
The research team has developed a web-based multiplayer trading card game to allow teachers choosing cards as rewards for students who actively participate in discussions and classroom activities as well as perform well in terms of doing assignments and writing exams or quizzes. In order to verify the effectiveness of the use of in-game cards as…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Games, Computer Simulation
Level Up, My-Pet: The Effects of Level-up Mechanism of Educational Agents on Student Learning
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Chen, Zhi-Hong; Chao, Po-Yao; Hsu, Ming-Chieh; Teng, Chin-Hung – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
A number of studies have been devoted to investigating the influence of educational agents on different aspects of student learning. However, little attention has been paid to the effects of the level-up mechanism of educational agents on students although this is a significant issue. Thus, this study develops an educational agent with the…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Instructional Effectiveness, Student Motivation, Educational Games
The Influence of Achievement Goal Orientations and Task Concreteness on Situational Interest
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Tapola, Anna; Jaakkola, Tomi; Niemivirta, Markku – Journal of Experimental Education, 2014
This study investigated changes in elementary school students' (n = 140) situational interest as a function of achievement goal orientation profiles and task characteristics. The authors repeatedly measured situational interest during a simulated science learning task in 2 task conditions that differed in the concreteness of the task elements. The…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Goal Orientation, Computer Simulation, Science Instruction
Enhancing 5th Graders' Science Content Knowledge and Self-Efficacy through Game-Based Learning
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Meluso, Angela; Zheng, Meixun; Spires, Hiller A.; Lester, James – Computers & Education, 2012
Many argue that games can positively impact learning by providing an intrinsically motivating and engaging learning environment for students in ways that traditional school cannot. Recent research demonstrates that games have the potential to impact student learning in STEM content areas and that collaborative gameplay may be of particular…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Grade 5, Educational Games, STEM Education
Teachable Agents and the Protege Effect: Increasing the Effort towards Learning
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Chase, Catherine C.; Chin, Doris B.; Oppezzo, Marily A.; Schwartz, Daniel L. – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2009
Betty's Brain is a computer-based learning environment that capitalizes on the social aspects of learning. In Betty's Brain, students instruct a character called a Teachable Agent (TA) which can reason based on how it is taught. Two studies demonstrate the "protege effect": students make greater effort to learn for their TAs than they do…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Student Motivation, Grade 8, Grade 5