"Games Are Made for Fun": Lessons on the Effects of Concept Maps in the Classroom Use of Computer Games

Autor/inn/en	Charsky, Dennis; Ressler, William
Titel	"Games Are Made for Fun": Lessons on the Effects of Concept Maps in the Classroom Use of Computer Games
Quelle	In: Computers & Education, 56 (2011) 3, S.604-615 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0360-1315
DOI	10.1016/j.compedu.2010.10.001
Schlagwörter	Control Groups; Concept Mapping; Play; Student Motivation; Learning Motivation; Instructional Materials; Educational Games; Video Games; Concept Teaching; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Class Activities; Instructional Effectiveness; Computer Simulation; Educational Strategies; Grade 9 + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Concept Map; Spiel; Schulische Motivation; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Educational game; Lernspiel; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Unterrichtserfolg; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Lehrstrategie; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09
Abstract	Does using a computer game improve students' motivation to learn classroom material? The current study examined students' motivation to learn history concepts while playing a commercial, off-the-shelf computer game, Civilization III. The study examined the effect of using conceptual scaffolds to accompany game play. Students from three ninth-grade classrooms were assigned to one of three groups: one group used an expert generated concept map, one group constructed their own concept maps, and a control group used no map. It was predicted that the use of concept maps would enhance the educational value of the game playing activity, in particular students' motivational levels; however, the opposite happened. Students who used a concept map showed lower motivation on the task relative to their baseline motivation for regular classroom instruction. In contrast, the levels of motivation in playing the game, for students in the control group, met or exceeded their levels of motivation during regular classroom instruction. These results suggest that using a conceptual scaffold can decrease students' motivation to learn classroom material through game play, perhaps because conceptual maps can (a) focus students' attention on the difficulty of learning the concepts and on the extrinsic rewards for playing the game and (b) make game play less autonomous, less creative, and less active. All of these can negate the primary property that provides playing its principal potential pedagogical power: fun. (Contains 4 tables and 8 figures.) (As Provided).
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