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Hudson, Seth Andrew – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation is a phenomenological study exploring the lived experiences of industry video game writers. The findings of the study highlight the areas of competence necessary for game writing in the workplace, including writing and storytelling, communication and collaboration, understanding systems and dynamics, tool proficiency, and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Video Games, Competence, Writing Skills
Shea, Andrea Misao – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Communication is a key component in learning a second language (L2). As important as the "ability" to communicate in the L2 is the willingness to use the L2 or, what has been identified in the literature as "Willingness to Communicate" (WTC). Language is best learned when situated in, and based on, real-life experiences.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Communication Strategies, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education
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Augustin, T.; Hockemeyer, C.; Kickmeier-Rust, M.; Albert, D. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2011
The assessment of knowledge and learning progress in the context of game-based learning requires novel, noninvasive, and embedded approaches. In the present paper, we introduce a mathematical framework which relates the (problem solution) behavior of a learner in the game context to the learner's available and lacking competencies. We argue that a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Mathematics Instruction, Definitions, Educational Games
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Hernandez, Pedro; Gonzalez, Jose Luis – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2011
The main purpose of this paper is to present an ongoing research study on the evolution of pre-numerical and pre-inductive levels of ordinal thought in students from three to seven years old. Our methodology is based on multimedia technology, an automatic and objective record of the data and minimal interaction between students and researcher. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Models, Measurement, Urban Schools
Jenkins, Henry – John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 2006
Educators must work together to ensure that every American young person has access to the skills and experiences needed to become a full participant, can articulate their understanding of how media shapes perceptions, and has been socialized into the emerging ethical standards that should shape their practices as media makers and participants in…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Ethics, Community Involvement, Informal Education
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Spector, J. Michael, Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
These proceedings contain the papers of the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA 2013), October 22-24, 2013, which has been organized by the International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS), co-organized by The University of North Texas (UNT), sponsored by the…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes, Short Term Memory