Simulation Games and Motivation for Learning: A Theoretical Framework.

Orbach, Eliezer

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Publication Date: 1979-Mar

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Simulation Games and Motivation for Learning: A Theoretical Framework.

Orbach, Eliezer

Simulation and Games, v10 n1 p3-40 Mar 1979

Using Adar's fourfold classification of students according to dominant motive for learning, it is argued that simulation games possess greater motivational power than other techniques of instruction given their ability to overcome three motivational difficulties. (CMV)

Descriptors: Achievement Need, Affiliation Need, Curiosity, Educational Games, Educational Research, Game Theory, Instructional Design, Simulation, Student Motivation, Student Needs, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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