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Chen, Ching-Huei; Shih, Chun-Chao; Law, Victor – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
Digital game-based learning (DGBL) is known to be widely used for improving learning in various fields. Among the elements of DGBL, competition has been very controversial. This meta-analysis, which included 25 articles written between 2008 and 2019, revealed that DGBL has produced improvements for learning outcomes with an overall effect size of…
Descriptors: Competition, Video Games, Computer Games, Game Based Learning
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Engerman, Jason A.; MacAllan, Monique; Carr-Chellman, Alison A. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2018
Boys are less likely to receive praise and recognition for good schoolwork, to consider school important, and have fewer opportunities to do the things that they do best (Lopez and Calderon in How America's boys become psychological dropouts. The gallup blog, 2013). Traditional school cultures have come in conflict with the normal and natural ways…
Descriptors: Males, Qualitative Research, Conventional Instruction, Video Games
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Wu, Chia-Jung; Chen, Gwo-Dong; Huang, Chi-Wen – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2014
EFL learners in Taiwan have a low-level communication ability because many learners are still not provided opportunities to use language for genuine communication in classrooms and receive insufficient language input due to the environment. This study examines the use of digital board game language learning set in a task-collaborative platform,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Educational Games