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Gwo-Jen Hwang; Wen-Hua Chuang; Lu-Ho Hsia – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Many scientific concepts and theorems are often abstract and challenging to relate to real-life problems, making it difficult for students to grasp them. Therefore, some researchers have attempted to enhance students' understanding by employing a contextual learning approach, which allows students to apply scientific knowledge to real situations…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Secondary School Science, Chemistry, Science Instruction
Anjelica B. Hart – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This qualitative research study explored the procedures and instructional practices of implementing game-based learning within a course and/or curriculum in higher education. Game-based learning is structured to integrate gameplay into a subject matter to increase a student's ability to acquire and apply knowledge to the real world. Furthermore,…
Descriptors: College Students, Game Based Learning, Educational Games, Learner Engagement
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Michael B. Sherry; Ann M. Lawrence – English Journal, 2019
In this article, the authors begin this inquiry by describing their research with a class of middle school writers who played "Quandary," a free online educational game designed to teach argumentation, as part of a unit on writing arguments for environmental action. Regarding the subject area of English language arts (ELA), research has…
Descriptors: Video Games, Technology Uses in Education, Language Arts, Middle School Students