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This study explores the need for playing with power and privilege to deconstruct the concept of meritocracy and challenge the idea of one-ness, thereby fostering more conscious locations of White pre-service teachers. Results indicate that pre-service teachers’ views of their cultural locations shifted via theatre games.
Published: 2011
Updated: Jun. 27, 2012
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This article reports reactions of candidates while learning and teaching with digital games. The authors examined participants' oral and written comments to determine the identification of (a) the motivational factor of digital game-based instruction, and (b) the embedded 2 IC learning skills. The findings suggest that students in the study were able to detect the learning skills embedded in games. The majority of participants stated that they felt positive and confident about integrating digital game-based instruction in the curriculum as a result of watching their peers' presentations and teaching students how to play games.
Published: 2010
Updated: Mar. 09, 2011
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This investigation examines the success, pitfalls, and lessons learned from incorporating videogame-like components into an educational technology class. The students in this class chose various levels at which to complete assignments but had to earn a certain number of points before being able to move on to the next assignment. Findings reveal parallels between the students' cognitive, motivational, and affective processes and those of gamers.
Published: 2009
Updated: Nov. 17, 2009
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This article reports the findings of an exploratory study concerning the development of higher-order conceptual understanding of Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU). The authors analyzed the responses given in a high-stakes examination of 165 pre-service physical education teachers. The article justifies how a two-cycle structure of the observed learning outcome (SOLO) model can discriminate between the demonstrations of surface and deep conceptual understandings.
Published: 2009
Updated: Oct. 20, 2009
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This study examines the pedagogical foundations of modern educational (computer video) games. Specifically, Cooper’s [Cooper, H. (1985, Mar 31–April 4). A taxonomy of literature reviews. In Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL] literature review framework was used to locate and examine relevant literature and games (published between the years 2000 and 2007) and to organize and report findings. A total of 50 articles and 55 educational games met specified selection criteria.Analysis of the games and supporting literature revealed several patterns of practice that may be used to guide future research and development of educational games.
Published: 2008
Updated: Dec. 07, 2008
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Employing mixed-method approach, this case study examined the in situ use of educational computer games in a summer math program to facilitate 4th and 5th graders’ cognitive math achievement, metacognitive awareness, and positive attitudes toward math learning. The results indicated that students developed more positive attitudes toward math learning through five-week computer math gaming. The study findings have highlighted the value of situating learning activities within the game story, making games pleasantly challenging, scaffolding reflections, and designing suitable off-computer activities.
Published: 2008
Updated: Dec. 01, 2008
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We consider that multimedia design for training and education should combine the most powerful features of interactive multimedia design with the most effective principles of technologically-mediated learning.
An examination of the evolution of the design of videogames is a good way to analyze the main contributions and characteristics of games-based learning environments.
At the same time, we will discuss the main obstacles and challenges to the use of games for learning.
Published: 2007
Updated: Feb. 10, 2008