Students' Reactions to Different Levels of Game Scenarios: A Cognitive Style Approach

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Zhi-Hong; Chen, Sherry Y.; Chien, Chih-Hao
Titel	Students' Reactions to Different Levels of Game Scenarios: A Cognitive Style Approach
Quelle	In: Educational Technology & Society, 20 (2017) 4, S.69-77 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1436-4522
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Educational Games; Vignettes; Cognitive Style; Learning Modalities; Student Improvement; Preferences; Questionnaires; Achievement Tests; Quasiexperimental Design; Statistical Analysis; Holistic Approach; Sequential Learning; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Educational game; Lernspiel; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Lernumgebung; Fragebogen; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Statistische Analyse; Holistischer Ansatz; Didaktische Sequenzierung; Lernsequenz
Abstract	Game-based learning comprises of a set of concrete scenarios, which can be presented with various presentation modalities (e.g., text, text with graphic, and context). Such presentation modalities disseminate information in different ways. On the other hand, cognitive styles affect how people process information. Accordingly, the study presented in this paper investigates the influences of cognitive styles on students' performance within different levels of game-based scenarios. More specifically, this study examines how students with different cognitive styles (i.e., Holist/Serialist) react to three presentation modalities (i.e., text, text with graphic, and context) in game-based scenarios. The results of an empirical study with 96 students revealed that all students made improvement, regardless of any presentation modalities. However, Holists significantly performed better than Serialists in the context version. According to the results, further suggestions for system design are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01