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Jingying Chen; Junlin Hu; Kun Zhang; Xiao Zeng; Yuhao Ma; Wenrui Lu; Kai Zhang; Guangshuai Wang – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Virtual reality (VR) technology has shown great potential on intervention of social skills for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This review aimed to review the application of VR in current social skills intervention targeting autistic children and evaluate its effect. After searching and screening three databases, we found 20 papers…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Interpersonal Competence, Skill Development, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Khlomov, K. D.; Kondrashkin, A. V.; Kuzin, P. A.; Kalyakina, S. M.; Tyulkanova, K. I.; Medvedev, D. P. – Russian Education & Society, 2018
This article addresses the need for changes in current views on adolescent development. It presents observations of adolescent behavior in the online game Dragon Nest that were conducted by specialists from the Crossroads Center for Social and Psychological Adaptation and Adolescent Development, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Behavior, Video Games, Social Theories
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Greenberg, Bradley S.; Sherry, John; Lachlan, Kenneth; Lucas, Kristen; Holmstrom, Amanda – Simulation & Gaming, 2010
Questionnaires were completed by 5th-, 8th-, and 11th-grade public schools students in rural and suburban school districts and by undergraduates at two universities in the United States (n = 1,242). They were asked about their orientation to video games--the amount of time they played, their motives for doing so, and the game types they…
Descriptors: Suburban Schools, Video Games, Fantasy, Questionnaires
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Cheng, Meng-Tzu; Annetta, Leonard; Folta, Elizabeth; Holmes, Shawn Y. – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
"Drugs and the Brain: A Serious Game," a prototype museum exhibit, was designed to employ virtual models of the brain into a video game format. It was done to create a fun and engaging way of conveying knowledge and concepts about neuroscience, as well as the impact of methamphetamine abuse on the brain. The purpose of this study is to…
Descriptors: Video Games, Narcotics, Prevention, Drug Abuse