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Alperen Ceylan; Sumeyra Akkaya – International Technology and Education Journal, 2024
The aim of this study is to systematically examine graduate studies on digital game addiction in the field of education. Document analysis technique was used in the study. The 57 graduate studies included in the study were determined by criterion sampling. The data obtained was analyzed using content analysis. As a result of the study, it was seen…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Computer Games, Addictive Behavior
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Chen, Hsiu-Ling; Chuang, Yun-Chi – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2021
The present study introduced Ren'py software as a digital storytelling (DST) tool to explore the effective use of digital game design learning in promoting critical thinking among high school students. A sample of 46 high school students enrolled in "Thinking Utopia," an elective course in critical thinking for civics education, was put…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Educational Games, Computer Games, High School Students
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O'Grady-Jones, Mary; Grant, Michael M. – Gifted Child Today, 2023
The purpose of this research was to describe the impact of digital game building on fourth grade gifted and talented students' problem-solving, creativity, and collaboration skills. Increasingly, there has been a call to involve students in real-world experiences through projects that explore authentic issues using technology. Game design-based…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Talent, Computer Games, Educational Games
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Siem Buseyne; Amelie Vrijdags; Annelies Raes – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2023
Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) skills are receiving increased attention in the current workforce and in lifelong learning. In learning and labor contexts, successful teamwork is however not always guaranteed, due to several reasons, such as an unequal level of individual participation. Training in CPS for all groups is therefore needed.…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Cooperative Learning, Labor Force Development, Teamwork
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Adanali, Rukiye – Review of International Geographical Education, 2021
Knowledge of geography is one of the main elements in solving problems such as urbanization, socio-economic inequalities, disease, migration, natural disasters. It is also seen that importance is given to the acquisition of geographical skills in educational programs. The spatial thinking skill that provides geospatial information is a geographic…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Game Based Learning, Geographic Information Systems
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Yong, Su Ting; Gates, Peter; Chan, Andy Tak-Yee – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2019
This article explores the potential use metacognitive skills learned in computer games to teach mathematics. This study explored the similarities and differences in the learning of metacognitive skills between computer games and mathematics education. A mixed-methods approach was employed in which a quantitative survey (students, n=174) and a…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Thinking Skills, Skill Development, Computer Games
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Rushton, Evan; Corrigan, Seth – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2021
21st Century Standards and the Deeper Learning movement emphasize the ability to think critically and solve complex problems, to work well in teams, and to communicate effectively. While traditional classroom activities can meet these objectives, digital games and simulations provide unique affordances. When designed to incorporate formative…
Descriptors: 21st Century Skills, Game Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Computer Games
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An, Yunjo – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2018
This study examined the effects of a graduate level, professional development (PD) course on teachers' perceptions, attitudes, self-efficacy, and behavioral intentions regarding the use of digital games in the classrooms, teacher involvement in educational game design, and constructionist gaming. Twenty-one teachers participated in the study. Both…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Online Courses, Educational Games, Design
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Yong, Su-Ting; Gates, Peter; Chan, Andy Tak-Yee – International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Education, 2018
This article explores how motivation in computer games could be integrated into mathematics education. The scope of the study was confined to four motivation dimensions, namely challenge, control, complexity and collaboration. A phenomenology study was conducted with the purpose to obtain a common understanding of nine teachers and 11 students…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Mathematics Education, Motivation, Teacher Attitudes
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Scoular, Claire; Care, Esther; Awwal, Nafisa – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2017
With technological advances, it is now possible to use games to capture information-rich behaviours that reveal processes by which players interact and solve problems. Recent problem-based games have been designed to assess and record detailed interactions between the problem solver and the game environment, and thereby capture salient solution…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Scoring, Cooperative Learning
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Cheng, Ya-Wen; Wang, Yuping; Cheng, I-Ling; Chen, Nian-Shing – Interactive Learning Environments, 2019
Collaborative learning has long been proved to be a crucial agent for enhancing students' social skills, problem-solving abilities and individual learning performance. Understanding how students move from one phase to another in their collaboration process can inform educators of how best to facilitate such learning. However, this is still an area…
Descriptors: Interaction, Computer Simulation, Mathematics Activities, Computer Games
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Sung, Han-Yu; Hwang, Gwo-Jen – Interactive Learning Environments, 2018
Researchers have recognized the potential of educational computer games in improving students' learning engagement and outcomes; however, facilitating effective learning behaviors during the gaming process remains an important and challenging issue. In this paper, a collaborative knowledge construction strategy was incorporated into an educational…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Computer Games, Teaching Methods
Warr, Melissa; West, Richard E. – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2020
This article describes the implementation of an interdisciplinary design studio as a means to teach creative problem-solving through project-based learning. "Learning and Innovation Skills" has been designated as a core skill that students need to be successful in today's world, and project-based learning is one approach to helping…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Student Projects, Active Learning, Teaching Methods
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Lecusay, Robert – International Journal for Research on Extended Education, 2014
There is widespread agreement that further research is needed in order to identify afterschool program characteristics useful for understanding why some programs are more successful than others. The bulk of recommendations put forth by researchers, practitioners and policy makers focus on observable characteristics of the afterschool setting as a…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Computer Games, Problem Solving, Ability
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Marcon, Nerissa; Faulkner, Julie – English in Australia, 2016
Digital games are positioned in literacy research as integral to contemporary youth culture and their potential as a learning resource continues to be explored in current literature. This paper examines the use of "Minecraft" as a pedagogical tool to motivate girls' literacy practices within the secondary English classroom. The data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Games, Teaching Methods, Learning Motivation
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