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Coralie Portier-Charneau; Mylene Sanchiz – Information and Learning Sciences, 2024
Purpose: This paper aims to examine whether the instructional message used to introduce game-based learning (GBL), prior knowledge, flow and prior gaming experience have an impact on secondary students' learning outcomes, perceived game utility and motivation to use the game. Design/methodology/approach: Fifty-four 9th grades students enrolled in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Mathematics, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers
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Muntrikaeo, Kuntida; Poonpon, Kornwipa – English Language Teaching, 2022
The purposes of this study were to investigate the effects of task-based instruction using online language games in a flipped learning environment (TGF) in developing the English oral communication ability of Thai secondary students and examine the students' opinions of the task-based instruction using online language games in a flipped learning…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Eseryel, Deniz; Law, Victor; Ifenthaler, Dirk; Ge, Xun; Miller, Raymond – Educational Technology & Society, 2014
Digital game-based learning, especially massively multiplayer online games, has been touted for its potential to promote student motivation and complex problem-solving competency development. However, current evidence is limited to anecdotal studies. The purpose of this empirical investigation is to examine the complex interplay between learners'…
Descriptors: Correlation, Teaching Methods, Computer Games, Learner Engagement
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Lee, Chun-Yi; Chen, Ming-Jang; Chang, Wen-Long – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of solution methods and question prompts on generalization and justification of non-routine problem solving for Grade 9 students. The learning activities are based on the context of the frog jumping game. In addition, related computer tools were used to support generalization and justification of…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Computer Games, Educational Technology
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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
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Shute, Valerie J.; Ventura, Matthew; Kim, Yoon Jeon – Journal of Educational Research, 2013
Digital games are very popular in modern culture. The authors are examining ways to leverage these engaging environments to assess and support student competencies. The authors examine gameplay and learning using a physics game they developed called Newton's Playground. The sample consisted of 167 eighth- and ninth-grade students who played…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Physics, Educational Games, Educational Technology
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Eseryel, Deniz; Ge, Xun; Ifenthaler, Dirk; Law, Victor – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2011
Following a design-based research framework, this article reports two empirical studies with an educational MMOG, called "McLarin's Adventures," on facilitating 9th-grade students' complex problem-solving skill acquisition in interdisciplinary STEM education. The article discusses the nature of complex and ill-structured problem solving…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Problem Solving, Followup Studies, Skill Development