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Echeverria, Alejandro; Barrios, Enrique; Nussbaum, Miguel; Amestica, Matias; Leclerc, Sandra – Computers & Education, 2012
Computer simulations combined with games have been successfully used to teach conceptual physics. However, there is no clear methodology for guiding the design of these types of games. To remedy this, we propose a structured methodology for the design of conceptual physics games that explicitly integrates the principles of the intrinsic…
Descriptors: Fantasy, Physics, Methods, Statistical Significance
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Furio, David; Gonzalez-Gancedo, Santiago; Juan, M.-Carmen; Segui, Ignacio; Costa, Maria – Computers & Education, 2013
In this paper, we present an educational game for an iPhone and a Tablet PC. The main objective of the game was to reinforce children's knowledge about the water cycle. The game included different interaction forms like the touch screen and the accelerometer and combined AR mini-games with non-AR mini-games for better gameplay immersion. The main…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Handheld Devices, Educational Games, Computer Games
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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
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Hamalainen, Raija; Oksanen, Kimmo – Computers & Education, 2012
Along with the development of new technologies, orchestrating computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) has become a topic of discussion because new learning spaces challenge teacher to support collaborative learning in new ways. However, despite the optimistic notions of teachers' orchestration in CSCL situations, there are still no…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Group Activities, Professional Development, Time on Task
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Tao, Yu-Hui; Yeh, C. Rosa; Hung, Kung Chin – Computers & Education, 2012
Previous studies on business simulation games (BSGs) have concluded that improved performance may not be the primary benefit of using BSGs, due to mixed results between student performance and perceptions. Two relevant and insightful issues attract our attention, namely, the impacts of the heterogeneous student population and the different…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Characteristics, Learning Motivation, Regression (Statistics)