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Jialing Zeng; Peng Zhang; Junyi Zhou; Junjie Shang; John B. Black – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2025
Current literature indicates the significance of embodied scaffoldings in enhancing the effectiveness of interactive learning technologies for STEM conceptual learning and relevant cognitive skill development. However, there is limited research on pedagogical approaches for integrating mixed embodied scaffoldings in learning with interactive…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Educational Games, Learning Processes, STEM Education
Chen, Ching-Huei; Law, Victor; Huang, Kun – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2023
Educational games are becoming increasingly prevalent. Recently, adaptive game-based learning to accommodate diverse learners has received considerable attention. The current study aims to explore the effect of adaptive scaffolding from a multidimensional engagement perspective. A total of 61 students from a Taiwan secondary school studied…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Learner Engagement, Computer Games, Educational Games
Wang, Xiao-Ming; Yu, Xiao-Han; Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Hu, Qing-Nan – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2023
How to improve students' problem-solving skills and creativity and adapt them to the new situation of the twenty-first century is a rather important educational objective at present, and is expected to be for a long time to come. Project-based learning (PBL) is considered to be an approach that can develop students' higher-order thinking skills,…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Computer Mediated Communication, Peer Evaluation, Student Projects
Walter Setti; Rebecca Tarello; Erica Volta; Lucia Ferlino; Monica Gori; Gualtiero Volpe – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated digitization, access to IT resources, and digital inclusion in the Italian school system. This paper presents D-UDA (i.e., "unità didattica di apprendimento digitale", in Italian), a digital didactic unit for learning mathematics concepts. The presented approach combines teaching methodologies and…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Games, Problem Solving, Multisensory Learning
Exploring the Effects of Designing a Role-Playing Game with Single and Peer Mode for Campus Learning
Wang, Yi-Hsuan – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
This study aims to extend the learning advantages of game-based learning from formal education to informal learning, and to develop a role-playing game (RPG) to help students familiarize themselves with a new school. Several game elements and principles were considered during the design stage, and the tasks were embedded into a macro-context to…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Games, Game Based Learning, Role Playing
Bressler, Denise M.; Shane Tutwiler, M.; Bodzin, Alec M. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2021
We report on a design-based research study that was conducted over three iterations. It chronicles the design, development, and implementation of School Scene Investigators, a forensic science game series for middle school students that utilizes mobile augmented reality. Played on mobile devices while exploring the school environment, School Scene…
Descriptors: Science Interests, Student Interests, Science Education, Educational Games
Reynolds, Rebecca – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2016
This paper offers a newly conceptualized modular framework for digital literacy that defines this concept as a task-driven "social constructivist digital literacy," comprising 6 practice domains grounded in Constructionism and social constructivism: Create, Manage, Publish, Socialize, Research, Surf. The framework articulates possible…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Constructivism (Learning), Instructional Design, Educational Games
Hooshyar, Danial; Ahmad, Rodina Binti; Yousefi, Moslem; Fathi, Moein; Abdollahi, Abbas; Horng, Shi-Jinn; Lim, Heuiseok – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2016
Nowadays, intelligent tutoring systems are considered an effective research tool for learning systems and problem-solving skill improvement. Nonetheless, such individualized systems may cause students to lose learning motivation when interaction and timely guidance are lacking. In order to address this problem, a solution-based intelligent…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Technology Integration, Educational Games, Formative Evaluation
Proske, Antje; Roscoe, Rod D.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2014
Achieving sustained student engagement with practice in computer-based writing strategy training can be a challenge. One potential solution is to foster engagement by embedding practice in educational games; yet there is currently little research comparing the effectiveness of game-based practice versus more traditional forms of practice. In this…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
Laine, Teemu H.; Nygren, Eeva; Dirin, Amir; Suk, Hae-Jung – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2016
Lack of motivation and of real-world relevance have been identified as reasons for low interest in science among children. Game-based learning and storytelling are prominent methods for generating intrinsic motivation in learning. Real-world relevance requires connecting abstract scientific concepts with the real world. This can be done by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Science Education
Eseryel, Deniz; Ifenthaler, Dirk; Ge, Xun – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2013
The important but little understood problem that motivated this study was the lack of research on valid assessment methods to determine progress in higher-order learning in situations involving complex and ill-structured problems. Without a valid assessment method, little progress can occur in instructional design research with regard to designing…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Computer Games, Educational Games, Web Based Instruction
Shelton, Brett E.; Scoresby, Jon – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2011
We discuss the design, creation and implementation of an instructional game for use in a high school poetry class following a commitment to an educational game design principle of "alignment". We studied groups of instructional designers and an interactive fiction computer game they built. The game was implemented in a 9th grade English classroom…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Educational Games, Computers, Grade 9
Hwang, Gwo-Jen; Sung, Han-Yu; Hung, Chun-Ming; Huang, Iwen; Tsai, Chin-Chung – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2012
In recent years, many researchers have been engaged in the development of educational computer games; however, previous studies have indicated that, without supportive models that take individual students' learning needs or difficulties into consideration, students might only show temporary interest during the learning process, and their learning…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Learning Motivation, Program Effectiveness, Natural Sciences

Rieber, Lloyd P. – Educational Technology Research and Development, 1996
Provides a brief overview of the history, research, and theory related to play. Research from education, psychology, and anthropology suggests that play is a powerful mediator for lifelong learning, and the design of hybrid learning environments is suggested based on the constructivist concept of microworlds and supported with games and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Environment