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Serious video game effectiveness

Submitted by Jason Rutter on Mon, 03/09/2007 - 08:51.
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Publication Type  Conference Paper
Year of Publication  2007
Authors  Wong, W.L.; Shen, C.; Nocera, L.; Carriazo, E.; Tang, F.; Bugga, S.; Narayanan, H.; Wang, H.; Ritterfeld, U.
Conference Name  ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
Volume  203
Pagination  49-55
Key Words  Computer games; Digital media; Education; Entertainment-education; Hypertext; Interactivity; Learning effects; Media richness; Motivation; Replay; Serious games; Text
Abstract  

Given the interactive media characteristics and intrinsically motivating appeal, computer games are often praised for their potential and value in education.allHowever, comprehensive research testing these assumptions is still missing. Preliminary comparative studies on the learning effects of games versus traditional media have shown some promise. In this paper, we describe a comparative study that thoroughly investigates the effects of interactivity and media richness on science learning among college students. We also discuss important results and implications yielded from comparisons among four conditions in our experiment (game, replay, hypertext and text).
URL  http://portal.acm.org/ft_gateway.cfm?id=1255057&type=pdf&coll=GUIDE&dl=&CFID=15151515&CFTOKEN=6184618

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