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Sam A. Leif – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In the evolving landscape of gaming, a need for reliable methods to differentiate expertise levels among players has emerged. This study defines experts by their exceptional skills, domain-specific knowledge, and successful application of these attributes in complex situations. Unlike conventional methods that rely on self-reported experience for…
Descriptors: Video Games, Expertise, Knowledge Level, Skill Analysis
Kantorski, Brinley – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Digital educational games have been a part of the educational landscape since the early 1970s. Since then, there has been a proliferation in the quantity, format, type, and quality of digital educational games available to classroom teachers. Despite this, the body of literature surrounding the effectiveness of these digital educational games…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Educational Technology, Video Games, Program Effectiveness
Ward, Sean – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Video games have become a popular and accepted part of digital culture and are becoming more accepted as an engaging instructional tool in schools. Integration of games can help develop students' intrinsic motivation for learning and are a great way for teachers to incorporate student interests and make connections to the curriculum. Classroom…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Video Games, Use Studies
Magdalene Kate Moy – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation narrates the data corpus of a 3-year autoethnography of a gaming community that created a history-themed esports event, the EU4 LAN. Descriptive writing and thematic analysis was utilized to illustrate the enacted roles of EU4 LAN community's (I)dentities across its affinity network. The aim of this research has been to elucidate…
Descriptors: Self Concept, History Instruction, Knowledge Level, Role Playing
Ritson, Darren J. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
A traditional mode of Earth Science instruction in public day high schools for students with severe emotional behavioral disorders (EBD) is teacher-delivered lectures supported with paper-based laboratory exercises. These laboratory experiences are often presented through worksheet problems that students are asked to solve and return to the…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, High School Students
Kerr, Deirdre Song – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Educational video games have the potential to be used as assessments of student understanding of complex concepts. However, the interpretation of the rich stream of complex data that results from the tracking of in-game actions is so difficult that it is one of the most serious blockades to the use of educational video games or simulations to…
Descriptors: Video Games, Educational Games, Data Collection, Data Analysis