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Barr, Matthew – Research in Learning Technology, 2020
Using a survey of higher education students (N = 2145), correlations between game play habits and the attainment of certain graduate skills or attributes (communication skill, adaptability and resourcefulness) are presented. Correlations between graduate attribute attainment and a range of demographic and educational factors, including age,…
Descriptors: Video Games, College Students, Skill Development, Communication Skills
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Spriggs, Amy D.; Gast, David L.; Knight, Victoria F. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
The purpose of this study was to evaluate both video modeling and observational learning to teach age-appropriate recreation and leisure skills (i.e., accessing video games) to students with autism spectrum disorder. Effects of video modeling were evaluated via a multiple probe design across participants and criteria for mastery were based on…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Modeling (Psychology), Observation, Recreational Activities
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Blumberg, Fran C.; Altschuler, Elizabeth A.; Almonte, Debby E.; Mileaf, Maxwell I. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2013
Current empirical findings show linkages between recreational video game play and enhanced cognitive skills, primarily among young adults. However, consideration of this linkage among children and adolescents is sparse. Thus, discussions about facilitating transfer of cognitive skills from video game play to academic tasks among children and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Young Adults, Video Games, Schemata (Cognition)