This article briefly summarizes findings from a review of 95 empirical studies of games used in instruction. The article suggests that such efforts are best assessed as transfer from game play to performance on external tasks that are targeted by the instruction. Review findings suggest that such transfer may be expected only if the cognitive…

Some of the literature related to the area of instructional research, individualized instruction and student aptitude are explored in this article. (DEP)

Response to programmed instruction is the subject of research reviewed here; this paper suggests several hypothesis regarding the importance of overt responding arising from recent research. (JB)

This article discusses the importance of studying interest and reviews research on the association between interest and prior knowledge to conclude that there is a substantial linear relationship between the two. A model of the interest-knowledge relationship is updated, and the similarity between interest and curiosity is explored. (SLD)