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Liao, C. C. Y.; Chen, Z-H.; Cheng, H. N. H.; Chen, F-C.; Chan, T-W. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2011
In the last decade, more and more games have been developed for handheld devices. Furthermore, the popularity of handheld devices and increase of wireless computing can be taken advantage of to provide students with more learning opportunities. Games also could bring promising benefits--specifically, motivating students to learn/play, sustaining…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Educational Games, Computers, Arithmetic
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Huizenga, J.; Admiraal, W.; Akkerman, S.; Dam, G. ten – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2009
Using mobile games in education combines situated and active learning with fun in a potentially excellent manner. The effects of a mobile city game called Frequency 1550, which was developed by The Waag Society to help pupils in their first year of secondary education playfully acquire historical knowledge of medieval Amsterdam, were investigated…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Student Motivation, Active Learning, History Instruction