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Using Robotics and Game Design to Promote Pathways to STEM
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Leonard, Jacqueline; Buss, Alan; Unertl, Adrienne; Mitchell, Monica – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2016
This research report presents the results of a STEM summer program on robotics and game design. The program was part of a three-year study funded by the National Science Foundation. Children in grades four through six participated in a two-week summer camp in 2015 to learn STEM by engaging in LEGO® EV3 robotics and computer-based games using…
Descriptors: Robotics, Design, STEM Education, Elementary School Students
Process Drama and Digital Games as Text and Action in Virtual Worlds: Developing New Literacies in School
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O'Mara, Joanne – Research in Drama Education, 2012
This article explores the intersections between drama and digital gaming and the educational possibilities for literacy of both. The article draws on a model for the educational uses of digital gaming and three case studies from the Australian Research Council funded three and a half year project, "Literacy in the digital world of the twenty…
Descriptors: Drama, Foreign Countries, Computer Games, Literacy
Developing and Assessing Teachers' Knowledge of Game-Based Learning
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Shah, Mamta; Foster, Aroutis – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2015
Research focusing on the development and assessment of teacher knowledge in game-based learning is in its infancy. A mixed-methods study was undertaken to educate pre-service teachers in game-based learning using the Game Network Analysis (GaNA) framework. Fourteen pre-service teachers completed a methods course, which prepared them in game…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Mixed Methods Research, Student Surveys
Integrating Traditional Learning and Games on Large Displays: An Experimental Study
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Ardito, Carmelo; Lanzilotti, Rosa; Costabile, Maria F.; Desolda, Giuseppe – Educational Technology & Society, 2013
Current information and communication technology (ICT) has the potential to bring further changes to education. New learning techniques must be identified to take advantage of recent technological tools, such as smartphones, multimodal interfaces, multi-touch displays, etc. Game-based techniques that capitalize on ICT have proven to be very…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
The Politics of Gaming in Schools: A Sociocultural Perspective from Western Australia
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Bate, Frank; MacNish, Jean; Males, Steven – Learning, Media and Technology, 2014
This paper discusses gaming in a Western Australian school for boys. The overriding ethos of the school is supportive of the potential of ICT to better engage students and deliver enhanced educational outcomes. The school sees game-based design as at the vanguard of innovation, but also accepts its important duty of care responsibilities. Tensions…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Teaching Methods, Single Sex Schools, Males
Fifth Graders' Flow Experience in a Digital Game-Based Science Learning Environment
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Zheng, Meixun; Spires, Hiller A. – International Journal of Virtual and Personal Learning Environments, 2014
This mixed methods study examined 73 5th graders' flow experience in a game-based science learning environment using two gameplay approaches (solo and collaborative gameplay). Both survey and focus group interview findings revealed that students had high flow experience; however, there were no flow experience differences that were contingent upon…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Learner Engagement, Attention