Is It Better to Provide Embedded Learning Supports in Educational Games before or after Attempting Game Levels?

Autor/inn/en	Rahimi, Seyedahmad; Shute, Valerie J.; D'Mello, Sidney K.
Titel	Is It Better to Provide Embedded Learning Supports in Educational Games before or after Attempting Game Levels?
Quelle	(2023), (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Games; Middle School Students; High School Students; Physics; Science Instruction; Interactive Video; Educational Environment; Electronic Learning; COVID-19; Pandemics; Learning Activities; Student Attitudes; Comparative Analysis; Energy; Scientific Concepts; Instructional Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational game; Lernspiel; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Physik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Interaktives Video; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Lernaktivität; Schülerverhalten; Energie; Unterrichtserfolg
Abstract	We investigated the effects of in-game learning supports' timing in a game called Physics Playground where we randomly assigned 149 students (M[subscript age] = 14, SD = 0.96) to receive learning supports either Before (n = 50) or After (n = 46) playing game levels--a no-support Control (n = 53) condition was included. We found that students assigned to the two treatment conditions visited fewer game levels, but spent more time per level, and reported lower frustration levels than those assigned to the Control condition. Although students in the After condition had lower in-game performance measures than those in the Control condition, they achieved higher near- and far-transfer scores on the posttest after controlling for gameplay success and pretest scores. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01