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Nguyen, Huy Anh; Hou, Xinying; Richey, J. Elizabeth; McLaren, Bruce M. – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2022
There is an established gender gap in middle school math education, where female students report higher anxiety and lower engagement, which negatively impact their performance and even long-term career choices. This work investigates the role of digital learning games in addressing this issue by studying Decimal Point, a math game that teaches…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Middle School Students, Educational Games, Mathematics Instruction
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Chappell, Kerry; Walsh, Chris; Wren, Heather; Kenny, Karen; Schmoelz, Alexander; Stouraitis, Elias – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2017
This article interrogates how a particular conception of creativity: "wise humanising creativity" (WHC) is manifest within a virtual learning environment (VLE) with children and young people. It reports on the outcomes of C[superscript 2]Learn, a three-year European Commission funded project which introduced innovative digital gaming…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Creativity, Computer Games, Educational Games
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Kiili, Kristian; Ojansuu, Kai; Lindstedt, Antero; Ninaus, Manuel – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2018
The main aim of this article was to investigate the educational potential of a game-based math game competition to engage students in training rational numbers. Finnish fourth (n = 59; M[subscript age] = 10.36) and sixth graders (n = 105; M[subscript age] = 12.34) participated in a math game competition relying on intra-classroom cooperation and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Games, Competition
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O'Reilly, Gary; Coyle, David; Tunney, Conall – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2016
Mindful Gnats is a computer game and App that introduces mindfulness and relaxation skills to young people aged nine years and older. In this paper the authors describe their model for using technology to support children with the development of psychological skills. This model combines a computer game to introduce and practice psychological…
Descriptors: Buddhism, Computer Games, Metacognition, Relaxation Training
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Patel, Harshada; Hallewell, Madeline J. – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2012
The 3D Tune-In project developed serious/leisure game applications to educate hearing aid (HA) users about how HA functionalities could improve hearing in different sound environments. The application development team had little prior experience catering for end-users with hearing loss. HA users and their communication partner were consulted…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Assistive Technology, Acoustics
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Young, Mark; Killen, Melanie; Lee-Kim, Jennie; Park, Yoonjung – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2012
The need to play is primeval in human beings, at least as strong as the urge to fight. While the larger gaming community has traditionally focused on the fairly lucrative potential of exploiting the urge to fight in the form of violent and destructive war games, the "Serious Games" segment has become aware of the power of applying this…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Peace, Conflict Resolution, Educational Games