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Journal articles on the topic "Instructional video games"

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Loh, Christian Sebastian. "Researching and Developing Serious Games as Interactive Learning Instructions." International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations 1, no. 4 (2009): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jgcms.2009091501.

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As serious games gain momentum in the academic arena, no doubt more educators and instructional technologists will begin considering the possibility of making their own games for instruction. As developers of instructional resources, instructional technologists need to steer clear of producing more ‘video’ games, and instead, developing more ‘serious’ games that incorporate both learning and assessment. The research community needs to learn from tested processes and best practices to avoid repeating old mistakes. The model for serious game making presented in this article has been used successfully for the creation of an award winning project, and will now be shared for the benefits of fellow researchers, educators, and instructional technologists.
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Nebel, Steve, Sascha Schneider, Janine Schledjewski, and Günter Daniel Rey. "Goal-Setting in Educational Video Games." Simulation & Gaming 48, no. 1 (2016): 98–130. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1046878116680869.

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Background. The increased usage of educational video games with their strong graphical and technical potential raises the question of how to optimize the instructional elements of gameplay. In this article, the instructional goal was analyzed with the theoretical background of both motivational psychology (goal-setting theory) and cognitive psychology (goal-free effect). Aim. We compared different goal types within an educational video game specifically produced for this context, using MINECRAFT as a content creation tool. Method. Within a quantitative, empirical experiment, 87 students divided into three goal groups (specific learning goal, specific performance goal, goal-free condition) played the video game for nearly three hours per test session to gain knowledge about basic elements of computer science and basic electric engineering. Results. The results show effects of goal-setting on cognitive load and affective measures. Having specific learning goals lowered extraneous and intrinsic cognitive load. Additionally, players following a specific learning goal reported having significantly more fun, indicating the affective impacts of goal-setting. Conclusions. The outcomes of this study have practical implications for the creation of educational video games and theoretical implications for further work within the field of instructional psychology.
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Erickson, Luke V., and Dorothy Sammons-Lohse. "Learning through video games: The impacts of competition and cooperation." E-Learning and Digital Media 18, no. 1 (2020): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2042753020949983.

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The purpose of this study was to explore four different methods of instruction: a traditional slideshow control group, and three groups using an educational video game played either individually or facilitated with a competitive or cooperative social structure. The instructional tool was an educational video game designed to teach a personal finance lesson on credit scores through individual play. The research questions focused on differences in participant performance, engagement, and attitude. The participants in the study consisted of adults from traditional extension and outreach audiences associated with a land-grant university located in the intermountain western United States. The results of this study indicated that, with one exception, there were no significant differences in outcomes between the four different methods of instruction. The broad interpretations of this study are that educational outcomes of using educational video games may not vary greatly based on social context when using precise definitions of competition and cooperation. Importantly, this affords educators the general freedom to choose among a number of social educational structures without fear of significantly compromising educational outcomes.
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Ruberg, Bonnie, and Amanda L. L. Cullen. "Feeling for an Audience." Digital Culture & Society 5, no. 2 (2019): 85–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.14361/dcs-2019-0206.

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Abstract The practice of live streaming video games is becoming increasingly popular worldwide (Taylor 2018). Live streaming represents more than entertainment; it is expanding the practice of turning play into work. Though it is commonly misconstrued as “just playing video games,” live streaming requires a great deal of behind-the-scenes labor, especially for women, who often face additional challenges as professionals within video game culture (AnyKey 2015). In this article, we shed light on one important aspect of the gendered work of video game live streaming: emotional labor. To do so, we present observations and insights drawn from our analysis of instructional videos created by women live streamers and posted to YouTube. These videos focus on “tips and tricks” for how aspiring streamers can become successful on Twitch. Building from these videos, we articulate the various forms that emotional labor takes for video game live streamers and the gendered implications of this labor. Within these videos, we identify key recurring topics, such as how streamers work to cultivate feelings in viewers, perform feelings, manage their own feelings, and use feelings to build personal brands and communities for their streams. Drawing from existing work on video games and labor, we move this scholarly conversation in important new directions by highlighting the role of emotional labor as a key facet of video game live streaming and insisting on the importance of attending to how the intersection of play and work is tied to identity.
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Salehi, Hadi. "Impact of Using Instructional Video Games on EFL Learners' Vocabulary Retention." Universal Journal of Educational Research 4, no. 12 (2016): 2724–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2016.041205.

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Stufft, Carolyn J. "Engaging Students in Literacy Practices Through Video Game Book Groups." Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice 67, no. 1 (2018): 195–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2381336918787191.

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Teachers can harness the power of video games to foster interest and engage students in literacy activities. Within this study, seven 6th graders participated in a video game book group during language arts instructional time. The study focused on tweens’ figured worlds of literacy and video games and the intersections and divergences of these worlds. The research involved a comparative case study of two books (a video game text and a video game–related text), with all book group meetings audio-recorded, transcribed, and coded. The data provide support that tweens hold different figured worlds of in-school literacy versus gaming; this finding has implications for educators regarding tweens’ literacy practices within and beyond the classroom.
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Axelrod, Saul, Gail McGregor, Judith Sherman, and Carolynn Hamlet. "Effects of Video Games as Reinforcers for Computerized Addition Performance." Journal of Special Education Technology 9, no. 1 (1987): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016264348700900101.

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This study examined the effects of video games as reinforcers for computer-assisted math performance Four students were presented with addition problems on a computer for 15 minutes daily. Using a multielement design, all students were exposed to two variable ratio (VR 10 and VR 5) and a No-Games reinforcement condition. Neither schedule of reinforcement increased student accuracy or had a substantial effect on the rate of correct responses. In the No-Games reinforcement condition, students had more opportunities to respond and a greater number of correct answers. The authors suggest that programmers of educational software incorporate reinforcement procedures that consume minimal amounts of computer time to maximize instructional efficiency.
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Putra Perkasa, Sastradwija, and Dedi Rahman Nur. "Effectiveness of Player Unknown Battleground (PUBG) Video Game in Improving Vocabulary." Borneo Educational Journal (Borju) 2, no. 2 (2020): 73–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.24903/bej.v2i2.629.

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One of the online-based games that are popular right now is PUBG. This online-based game is good to be used as an alternative for the student to learn vocabulary. This study aims to compare whether to learn English vocabulary through PUBG online game than pre adopted course. This paper utilized a pre-test and post-test questionnaire to gather the data. There are observations and reactions to digital games. This study indicated that after playing PUBG the students' mean score is significantly higher than before playing the game, showing the beneficial effect of using video games to improve students' English vocabulary. Video games have basic representations of perception that are interactive. Therefore, from an optimistic viewpoint, integrating video games into the learning process must be viewed. It is not a simple task to create video games packed with instructional features, but it is a standard solution to better understand their assignments. Via problem-solving, decision-making, conclusion-making and collaborative study with their peers, students learn cognitive and beneficial components in addition to fun. Not only do students know about the subject, but they also develop their personalities.
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Szymanski, Antonia, and Matthew Benus. "Gaming the Classroom Viewing Learning Through the Lens Self Determination Theory." International Journal of Game-Based Learning 5, no. 3 (2015): 62–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijgbl.2015070105.

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Educators, designers and curriculum creators are interested in developing educational experiences that replicate the fun aspect of video games to increase student intrinsic motivation. This aspect, which compels players to engage with the game and persist despite failing, has the potential to increase student academic success. Researchers used mixed-methods to investigate the results of an instructional design that attempted to replicate the fun aspect of video games in a remedial algebra class. The study offered insight on the ways in which student motivation might be better developed and refined in educational settings using game-based approaches. Results indicated that some students enjoyed the freedom of choosing their own quests to complete while others felt lost in the new environment. It is important to game and instructional designers to scaffold the transition from traditional classroom to a game-based classroom.
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Sturman, Janet L. "From American Indian Dance Music to Video Games: Re-thinking Instructional Methods." American String Teacher 49, no. 1 (1999): 78–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000313139904900112.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Instructional video games"

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Younis, Bilal Khaleel. "CREATING DIGITAL GAMES AS INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: FACTORS THAT AFFECT PALESTINIAN TEACHERS' SUCCESS IN MODIFYING VIDEO GAMES FOR INSTRUCTION." OpenSIUC, 2012. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/594.

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CREATING DIGITAL GAMES AS INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: FACTORS THAT AFFECT PALESTINIAN TEACHERS' SUCCESS IN MODIFYING VIDEO GAMES FOR INSTRUCTION The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that might predict Palestinian teachers' success in modding games for instruction. An instructional game design model named Game Modding for Non-Professionals (GMNP) was created specifically for the training of Palestinian teachers during this study. This study addressed the question: To what extent do the variables gender, age, teaching experience, experience in playing video games, and adherence to the GMNP model predict teachers' success in modding video games for instruction when using the GMNP model? Gaining an understanding of teachers' performance in modding video games for instructional use may identify potential interventions that can be utilized to increase the use of this technology in the classroom. This investigation is useful in pointing out the need for teacher training to administrators and policy makers. The data for this study was collected from teachers at two Palestine Technical Colleges. All the teachers at the two Colleges were invited to participate, and 79 teachers agreed. Three teachers withdrew from the study before finishing it; hence, only 76 completed the study, and their data was used in the regression analysis. A workshop was conducted to train the teachers in using the GMNP model as a guide to game modding to modify video games for instructional use. During the workshop, the participants were asked to complete a worksheet. The participants were directed to use this worksheet to modify Neverwinter Nights 2 to teach a given instructional objective. At the end of the workshop, the completed GMNP model worksheet and the game mod created were collected from each participant as research data. The GMNP Model Rubric and the Educational Games Rubric were used to assess respectively the worksheets (for adherence to the GMNP model) and the game mods (for success in modifying a video game for instruction). Multiple linear regression was conducted to answer the research question. Tests to verify that the data met the various conditions required for multiple regression analysis were conducted and no violations of these conditions were detected. Findings indicated that gender was not a significant predictor of teachers' success in modding video games for instruction when the variance attributed to the other predictor variables was controlled, and the variables age, experience in playing video games, and adherence to the GMNP model were significant predictors of teachers' success in modding video games for instruction. The study suggested some implications and recommendations for policy makers and for future researchers who are interested in conducting similar studies about video game integration.
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Watson, William R. "Formative research on an instructional design theory for educational video games." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3278250.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, School of Education, 2007.<br>Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-09, Section: A, page: 3816. Adviser: Charles M. Reigeluth. Title from dissertation home page (viewed May 8, 2008).
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Rice, John W. 1967. "Using Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicators to Predict High School Student Performance in an Educational Video Game." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc799468/.

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Educational video games have proven a useful tool for educators, offering experiential pedagogy in a variety of fields. Predicting the success of a video game in engaging students and motivating them to work with relevant material is problematic. One approach was attempted through administering the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator to 42 high school students and observing subsequent voluntary performance on a popular mathematics video game throughout one semester. Game dynamics matching certain personality elements of the students generally correlated between learning preferences in the classroom and in the online gaming environment. Students who enjoyed group dynamics in classroom settings likewise indicated enthusiasm for the group dynamics in game play. Those students preferring structured learning environments may prefer less open ended virtual learning gaming environments. Since the game incorporated multiple choice questions and rewarded correct choices made quickly, those students with personality styles in which questions are carefully considered before answering suffered in points scored compared to those used to making fast intuitive choices in exam settings. Additional studies, including those with larger populations and different types of video games, are needed for more definite conclusions.
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Jenkins, Dave A. "Teaching First-Semester General Chemistry Using 3D Video Games following an Atoms First Approach to Chemistry." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248376/.

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The unified learning model (ULM) focuses on students' engagement, motivation, prior knowledge, and working memory. This study employs the use of video games to assess students' learning through a 3D chemistry gaming environment. In this human-subjects research, students carried out missions and applied reasoning to solve problems appropriate for general chemistry content. For learning to occur, students must be engaged and motivated as stated in the ULM. Learning cannot necessarily be accomplished by experience alone, and critical thinking is required to turn the experience into learning. The interpretation of educational theory applied to video games and this proposed study are discussed. A moderately positive correlation was found between exam score and study time (playing the game). Essentially the more time spent playing the game or an online activity the higher the exam scores. There was an alpha level less than 0.05 (p < 0.05) between the experimental group and non-traditional group (no game or online activity). Supporting that there was a statistically significant difference between groups, the null hypothesis was accepted between the game and online activity. Furthermore, as stated under the ULM, engagement is necessary for optimal learning.
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Bado, Niamboue. "Video Games and English as a Foreign Language Education in Burkina Faso." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1395498334.

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Kappers, Wendi. "EDUCATIONAL VIDEO GAME EFFECTS UPON MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT AND MOTIVATION SCORES: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY EXAMINING DIFFERENCES B." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2009. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/2932.

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An experimental research study using a mixed-method analysis to was conducted to examine educational video game effects on mathematics achievement and motivation between sexes. This study examined sex difference in a 7th grade mathematics (Mathematics 2/Mathematics 2 Advanced) classroom (n=60) learning algebra. Attributes and barriers relating to educational video game play, preference, and setting characteristics were explored. To examine achievement and motivation outcomes, a repeated-measure (SPSS v14) test was used. The analysis included ethnographic results from both student and teacher interview and observation sessions for data triangulation. Results revealed a statistically significant academic mathematics achievement score increase (F =21.8, df =1, 54, p<.05). Although, mathematics class motivation scores did not present significance (F =.79, df =1, 47, p>.05), both sexes posted similar data outcomes with regard to mathematics class motivation after using an educational video game as treatment during an eighteen-week term in conjunction with receiving in-class instruction. Additionally, there was an increase in male variability in standard deviation score (SDmotivationpre=8.76, SDmotivation post=11.70) for mathematics class motivation. Lastly, self-reported differences between the sexes for this limited sample, with regard to game design likes and dislikes and observed female game play tendencies, were also investigated. The data presented customization as a unified, but most requested, game design need between the sexes. Between sex differences were found only to be superficial other than a female delay in game acceptance with regard to time and game play comfort.<br>Ph.D.<br>Department of Educational Research, Technology and Leadership<br>Education<br>Education PhD
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Straight, Ryan M. "An Exploratory Study of Augmented Reality and Mobile Games Examining Ingress Player Motivation and Potential Educational Value." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1426691458.

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Hanson, Loraine Jones. "Learning Within a Computer-Assisted Instructional Environment: Effects on Multiplication Math Fact Mastery and Self-Efficacy in Elementary-Age Students." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3466.

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The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of basic multiplication mastery (0-12) and self-efficacy outcomes for elementary age students attempting to master multiplication facts in a Computer-Assisted Instructional (CAI) environment. Timez Attack (TA), a modern Internet based 3-D multiplication video game, was the computer program used in this study. Four third- and four fourth-grade classes of students at a public charter school received either 12 20-minute Teacher-Led Instructional (TLI), or TA multiplication practice sessions. Pre- and post Math Attitude Survey (MAS), timed multiplication tests, observations, and informal interviews were used to assess and compare TA and TLI's learning environments, performance, and self-efficacy outcomes. Both third- and fourth-grade TA students' level of multiplication mastery improved significantly after intervention. Results from the post-MAS also revealed significantly higher self-efficacy beliefs, and reduced nervousness in learning multiplication facts amongst some TA students. Statistical data analysis revealed no significant performance outcome differences between TLI and TA third-grade classes; however, post-test comparisons between fourth-grade TLI and TA students showed TA students significantly outperforming their comparison group counterparts by answering approximately 50% more problems in a given time and feeling significantly less nervous toward learning new multiplication math facts. The TA program's motivational, self-paced, and self-evaluative features seemed to produce a positive learning environment, which encouraged student learning. Educators should consider using CAI with features similar to TA's to improve students' academic performance and self-efficacy.
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Hamm, Breanna H. "Today's Learners: Applying Gaming Elements to Enhance Student Engagement in a University Visual Communication Course." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1308576036.

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Gale, Caroline. "The effects of gaze awareness on communication in video-mediated spatial instruction tasks." Thesis, University of York, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.298590.

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Books on the topic "Instructional video games"

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The ultimate guide to video game writing and design. Watson-Guptill Publications, 2007.

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Dille, Flint. The ultimate guide to video game writing and design. Watson-Guptill Publications, 2007.

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deHaan, Jonathan. Video games and second language acquisition: Six genre case studies. Common Ground Publishing LLC as part of The Learner book series, 2013.

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Gaming the past: Using video games to teach secondary history. Routledge, 2011.

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Doc's 1 Minute Encyclopedia of Nintendo Game Instructions. Doc's Hi Tech Game Products, 1991.

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Entāpuraizesu, SEGA. SEGA TV gēmu genga gyararī =: Video game illustrations. Gurafikkusha, 1994.

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1966-, Novak Jeannie, ed. Game development essentials: Game simulation development. Thomson / Delmar Learning, 2008.

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1947-, Trollip Stanley R., ed. Computer-based instruction: Methods and development. Prentice-Hall, 1985.

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1947-, Trollip Stanley R., ed. Computer-based instruction: Methods and development. 2nd ed. Prentice Hall, 1991.

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Steven, Heller. Becoming a digital designer: A guide to careers in Web, video, broadcast, game and animation design. John Wiley, 2007.

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Book chapters on the topic "Instructional video games"

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Owens, Trevor. "Mr. Moo’s First RPG: Rules, Discussion, and the Instructional Implications of Collective Intelligence on the Open Web." In Rhetoric/Composition/Play through Video Games. Palgrave Macmillan US, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137307675_15.

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Heaton, C. "Video Game Technology and Training Research." In Computer-Based Instruction in Military Environments. Springer US, 1987. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0915-4_22.

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Ennis-Cole, Demetria L., and Princess M. Cullum. "Preparing for High-Tech Jobs: Instructional Practices, Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), and Video Game Design." In Learning, Design, and Technology. Springer International Publishing, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17727-4_40-1.

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Jiménez, Osvaldo. "Affect During Instructional Video Game Learning." In Emotions, Technology, and Digital Games. Elsevier, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-801738-8.00009-9.

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Goode, Kaila, and Sheri Vasinda. "Videogames and Sensory Theory." In Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education. IGI Global, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-4721-2.ch008.

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The act of playing video games is a multimodal experience, immersing the gamer in a sensorial experience in the digital world. Video games incorporate sensory literacies such as haptics, graphics, sound effects, music, auditory dialogue, visual text, and character movement. The sensory literacies allow gamers to connect the digital world to the physical world, becoming engrossed in the world and story of the video game. Thus, due to the multimodal and sensorial nature of video games, they have the potential to be a beneficial tool for increasing student engagement within the classroom and assisting students in further increasing literacy skills and content knowledge. In addition, a review of literature of classroom use of video games as an instructional tool found increased engagement, use of video games as texts, cross-literacies that supported traditional literacy processes and skills.
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Felicia, Patrick, and Ian Pitt. "Harnessing the Emotional Potential of Video Games." In Handbook of Research on Effective Electronic Gaming in Education. IGI Global, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-808-6.ch051.

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This chapter explains the importance of acknowledging users’ personalities, learning styles, and emotions in the design of educational games. It argues that the application of educational theories combined with knowledge of subjects’ personality traits and an increased emotional depth offer a substantive approach to understand and improve the nature of learning in educational games. The authors hope that understanding the underlying motivation and behaviors of learners through the use of personality profiles will not only inform researchers of a better design of educational games, but also assist in understanding the intricate relationship between game design, instructional design, and users’ personality at both cognitive and emotional levels.
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Young, Patricia A. "Case Study in Game Design." In Instructional Design Frameworks and Intercultural Models. IGI Global, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-426-2.ch016.

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The global game industry expects substantial growth in the next decades. Massive multiplayer online games (MMOG) are expected to skyrocket from the $3.8 billion reported in 2006 to $11.8 billion by 2011 (Olausson, 2007). The video game industry is expected to grow at an annual rate of 9.1%, or from a $31.6 billion in 2006 to $48.9 by 2011. Serious games are the new growth area. These games are reportedly not for entertainment purposes and are being developed by and for industries such as government, education, health, and business (Scanlon, 2007). Given these figures, the role of game design will have global implications for groups of people around the world. Therefore, design and development must meet the challenges of this technological revolution.
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Koenig, Alan D., and Robert K. Atkinson. "Using Narrative and Game-Schema Acquisition Techniques to Support Learning from Educational Games." In Cognitive Effects of Multimedia Learning. IGI Global, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-158-2.ch016.

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The first part of this chapter explores how narrative can be used as a cognitive aid in educational video games. It discusses how narrative is currently used in games, and how that modality of presentation, when combined with instruction, is complimentary to the way we comprehend, store, and retrieve information. The second part of the chapter reviews the cognitive prerequisites needed in the minds of players to adequately attend to and leverage the instructional aspects of games. To this end, it offers suggestions for how to instill a functional game-schema in the minds of novice players so that they can be productive in the game environment. The focus on the interplay of narrative and game schema construction in this chapter is also meant to serve as a model for a holistic approach to games research in which a game’s cognitive prerequisites are explicitly studied alongside the more traditional pedagogical measures.
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James, Christopher L., and Vivan H. Wright. "Teacher Gamers vs. Teacher Non-Gamers." In Handbook of Research on Effective Electronic Gaming in Education. IGI Global, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-808-6.ch017.

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The purpose of this study was to identify secondary teachers with video game-play experience and determine if perceived levels of comfort in regard to completing job-related technology tasks, amounts of instructional technology usage, and amounts of participation in innovative teaching strategies are affected by experience or lack of experience with video games. Although significant differences were not found between teachers identified as gamers and those identified as non-gamers, researchers may choose to investigate specific areas where mean differences were found. For example, gamers were more comfortable using presentation software for demonstrating concepts in class, communicating electronically with colleagues and students, using the Internet for instructional purposes, and presenting information using various delivery modes. In comparison to gamers, non-gamers indicated a tendency to communicate electronically with parents more often, encourage students to use electronic tutorials outside of class more often, and allow students to use word processors to complete assignments more frequently. This study can be used as a reference point for future research into teachers and video game-play in regard to teaching practices and job-related tasks.
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Burkle, Martha, and Michael Magee. "Virtual Learning." In Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design. IGI Global, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1692-7.ch016.

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This chapter explores the seamless learning opportunities that video games and virtual reality offer for learners and instructors. Interacting with content, with each other, and with learning processes in virtual environments, learning becomes a process combined with discovery and fun. The authors analyze emerging trends and learning understandings (epistemologies) built by video game users and learners represented in the forms of avatars. Digital environments are in fact transforming the way learners and instructors (faculty) interact with each other in and across contexts. Using data from two parallel research projects, the chapter examines students' self identity construction, problem solving, and learning in virtual environments. The authors suggest that learning epistemologies that take place in virtual reality should be brought back to the classroom or to the online environment (by the instructional designer or the game developer) and impact the way learning takes place in this ‘real'/physical environments.
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Conference papers on the topic "Instructional video games"

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Moshirnia, Andrew. "The Educational Potential of Modified Video Games." In InSITE 2007: Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Informing Science Institute, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.28945/3130.

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As the popularity of video game playing has increased, educators have sought to co-opt video games as an instructional tool. However, educational games have made little impact in either the commercial market place or the average game player’s home library. The modification, or modding, of video games using in-game editors may be used by instructors to introduce educational content to professionally designed video games. This paper examines the effectiveness of a modified video game, Civilization IV, in improving the comprehension and retention of historical knowledge of 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students. Students exposed to the modified video game significantly improved their immediate recall of knowledge level history items. Students expressed interest in future educational game playing and felt that they had a better understanding of application level history items. While these results are encouraging, the small sample size of this experiment prevents generalization and necessitates further study.
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Beatty, Ian D. "Improving physics instruction by analyzing video games." In 2012 PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE. AIP, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4789654.

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Lin, Yu-Hong. "Integrating Scenarios of Video Games into Classroom Instruction." In 2007 First IEEE International Symposium on Information Technologies and Applications in Education. IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/isitae.2007.4409356.

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Wasfy, Tamer M., Hatem M. Wasfy, and Jeanne M. Peters. "On-Line University Physics Course Using Intelligent Virtual-Tutors, Virtual-Reality and Advanced Multimedia." In ASME 2009 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/detc2009-86755.

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A web-based self-paced university physics course, called the Virtual Physics Lab (VPL) is described. The VPL delivers both the lecture and lab components of a physics course using interactive virtual-reality simulations, high-end multimedia lectures and 2D/3D mini-games/exercises. The VPL’s interactive simulations are delivered in a video-game-like 3D photo-realistic virtual environment using real-time models to simulate typical physics experiments performed in the lab part of the physics course such as: frictional motion of a block on an inclined plane, vibrations of a mass-spring system and impact of particles. Students can change in real-time the parameters of the experiments and observe the effect on the experiment’s response and measurements. The multimedia lectures are delivered using a multimodal combination of speech and highlighted text delivered by near-photorealistic intelligent animated lip and gesture synched virtual tutors. The multimedia lectures include synchronized interactive 2D/3D animated illustrations and movies. A search engine and a hierarchical expert system allow the virtual tutors to answer natural-language questions and execute natural-language commands given by the student. Exercises in the form of mini-games that use relevant physics principles are used to increase the students’ interest in the material being taught and to test the student’s comprehension. The VPL’s interactivity and visually stimulating instruction will result in faster assimilation, deeper understanding, and higher memory retention by the students than traditional classroom/text-book instruction.
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Goyal, Prasoon, Scott Niekum, and Raymond J. Mooney. "Using Natural Language for Reward Shaping in Reinforcement Learning." In Twenty-Eighth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence {IJCAI-19}. International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2019/331.

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Recent reinforcement learning (RL) approaches have shown strong performance in complex domains, such as Atari games, but are highly sample inefficient. A common approach to reduce interaction time with the environment is to use reward shaping, which involves carefully designing reward functions that provide the agent intermediate rewards for progress towards the goal. Designing such rewards remains a challenge, though. In this work, we use natural language instructions to perform reward shaping. We propose a framework that maps free-form natural language instructions to intermediate rewards, that can seamlessly be integrated into any standard reinforcement learning algorithm. We experiment with Montezuma's Revenge from the Atari video games domain, a popular benchmark in RL. Our experiments on a diverse set of 15 tasks demonstrate that for the same number of interactions with the environment, using language-based rewards can successfully complete the task 60% more often, averaged across all tasks, compared to learning without language.
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