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Abdullah Albalawi – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2024
This review paper explores the role of individual differences in second language vocabulary learning, focusing on three key factors: out-of-class exposure (e.g., viewing TV, playing video games and listening to songs), strategic vocabulary learning, and motivation. Individual differences significantly impact vocabulary learning, making it crucial…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Metacognition, Vocabulary Development, Linguistic Input
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Porter, C. D.; Smith, J. R. H.; Stagar, E. M.; Simmons, A.; Nieberding, M.; Orban, C. M.; Brown, J.; Ayers, A. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in using virtual reality (VR) technology to benefit instruction, especially in physics and related subjects. As VR devices improve and become more widely available, there remains a number of unanswered questions regarding the impact of VR on student learning and how best to use this technology in the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Video Games, Computer Simulation
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Persico, Donatella; Passarelli, Marcello; Pozzi, Francesca; Earp, Jeffrey; Dagnino, Francesca Maria; Manganello, Flavio – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
This paper explores the relationship between digital games and learning along the continuum from formal to informal learning. Games are an increasingly important component of our learning ecologies but their potential can prove difficult to fully harness due to the downsides of gaming in informal contexts and to the limitations games can present…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Risk, Learning Processes, Correlation
Barbosa Gomez, Luisa Fernanda; Bohorquez Sotelo, Maria Cristina; Roja Higuera, Naydu Shirley; Rodriguez Mendoza, Brigitte Julieth – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
Learning resources are part of the educational process of students. However, how video games act as learning resources in a population that has not selected the virtual formation as their main methodology? The aim of this study was to identify the influence of a video game in the learning process of brain evolution. For this purpose, the opinions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Video Games, Educational Games
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Lamb, Richard; Annetta, Leonard; Vallett, David – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2015
Introduction: Creativity is the production of the new, original, unique, and divergent products and ideas mediated through lateral thinking. Evidence suggests that high levels of creativity and fluency are important in the continued development of student interest, efficacy and ultimately career impact in the sciences. Method: In this study, 559…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Instructional Design, Science Instruction, Creative Thinking
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Ahn, Jung-Hoon – E-Learning, 2008
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of engaging students in Kolb's experiential learning cycle on facilitating students' simulation game performance and knowledge application skills in learning with a business simulation game. A sample was drawn from a population of business-major undergraduate students at the School of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Observation, Experiential Learning, Learning Processes
Stamper, John, Ed.; Pardos, Zachary, Ed.; Mavrikis, Manolis, Ed.; McLaren, Bruce M., Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2014
The 7th International Conference on Education Data Mining held on July 4th-7th, 2014, at the Institute of Education, London, UK is the leading international forum for high-quality research that mines large data sets in order to answer educational research questions that shed light on the learning process. These data sets may come from the traces…
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Data Processing, Data Analysis, Data Collection