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The Effect of Competition and Contextualized Advisement on the Transfer of Mathematics Skills in a Computer-Based Instructional Simulation Game.
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Van Eck, Richard; Dempsey, Jack – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2002
This study examined the effect of video-based contextualized advisement and competition on transfer of mathematics skills in a computer-based simulation game in which participants helped their "aunt and uncle" fix up a house. Participants were 123 seventh- and eighth-grade students. Results indicated an interaction between competition…
Descriptors: Competition, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Grade 7