Computer games are purported to be effective instructional tools that enhance motivation and improve engagement. The aim of this study was to investigate how tertiary student experiences change when instruction was computer game based compared to lecture based, and whether experiences differed between high and low achieving students. Participants…

Reports the results of an experiment assessing the effectiveness of two different approaches to using simulation games in a marketing course. In one, the game was used as a supplement to the standard lecture/discussion format; in the other, it was used as the central delivery vehicle. Twenty-one references are listed. (Author/LLS)

Forty-two enlisted men and women with no prior knowledge about electronics maintenance or logic diagrams participated in research designed to collect preliminary data on the training effectiveness of a problem solving computerized game for teaching electronics maintenance. Two games available on the University of Illinois PLATO Computer-Based…

Describes a rigorously controlled study comparing university students' perceptions of learning from a business simulation and from cases in a business policy course. Results indicate students perceive both cases and simulations as viable and valuable instructional methods, although cases are perceived to be generally superior to simulations. (MBR)

Research was undertaken to investigate various methods of presentation of a computer based science simulation as it related to student content knowledge of the simulation concepts. Three treatment groups of sixth grade students were used in the study: (1) two students per computer interacting with the simulation; (2) a total class presentation of…

Reviews empirical research from 1963 to 1991 that compared the instructional effectiveness of games to conventional classroom instruction. It is concluded that subject matter areas where very specific content can be targeted, especially mathematics, are more likely to show beneficial effects for gaming. (41 references) (LRW)