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Direct linkWouters, Pieter; van Nimwegen, Christof; van Oostendorp, Herre; van der Spek, Erik D. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
It is assumed that serious games influences learning in 2 ways, by changing cognitive processes and by affecting motivation. However, until now research has shown little evidence for these assumptions. We used meta-analytic techniques to investigate whether serious games are more effective in terms of learning and more motivating than conventional…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Student Motivation, Conventional Instruction, Training
