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Matilda Ståhl; Katri Hansell; Sandra Bäck; Mattias Wingren – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2025
Playing video games engages children and youth and offers a potential for learning in general and situated language learning in particular. The aim of this paper is to explore the situated conditions and affordances for facilitating in-game interaction, as well as to discuss the language learning potential and educational implications of these…
Descriptors: Video Games, Cooperative Learning, Interaction, Children
Nurah S. Alfares – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2025
Vocabulary is crucial for mastering English as a Foreign Language (EFL) skills. Digital Game-Based Learning (DGBL) platforms like Wordwall can enhance active learning by providing multiple-choice, missing, and matching words. The current study aimed to addresses the impact of the Wordwall platform on EFL learners in Saudi Arabia. This study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Vocabulary Development
Joshua M. Patterson – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2024
Numerous video games marketed entirely for entertainment purposes, also known as commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) titles, can serve as an effective tool for teaching students complicated skills such as executive functioning, hypothesis testing, and critical analysis. In this phenomenological case study, I outline a pedagogical approach that…
Descriptors: High School Students, Charter Schools, Game Based Learning, Video Games
Oriol Borrás-Gené; Raquel Hijón-Neira; Pedro Paredes-Barragán; Lucía Serrano-Luján – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2024
Educational escape rooms aims to motivate students, to strengthen knowledge and evaluate learning. Pre-service teachers enrolled in "Computer Science and Digital Competency" course shows lack of motivation and difficulties to realise its usefulness in everyday practice, becoming an ideal context to apply this strategy. 157 students…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Problem Solving, Student Motivation, Programming
David Juárez-Varón; Manuel Ángel Juárez-Varón; Ana Mengual-Recuerda; Beatriz Andres – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2024
This research delves into the comparative analysis of brain activity using gamification in the classroom versus traditional teaching. This study aims to employ neurotechnology to record and analyse the impact of active gamification methodology on relevant variables in the learning process within a traditional university education setting,…
Descriptors: College Students, Human Resources, Personnel Management, Courses
Ieva Gintere; Emmanouel Rovithis; Ágnes Karolina Bakk; Alvis Misjuns – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2024
The study presents the authors' research for the purpose of designing ImGame, a virtual environment inviting users to playfully learn about the concept of immersion and its historical antecedents. The authors describe ImGame's current pre-production stage and examine the basic characteristics of the feeling of immersion. They intend to deepen the…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Creativity, Educational Technology, Interdisciplinary Approach
Matheus A. Cezarotto; Pamela N. Martinez; Ruth Constansa Torres Castillo; Theodore Stanford; Christopher Engledowl; Germain Degardin; Barbara Chamberlin – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2024
Mathematical learning has an important role and is often prioritized in education. In K-16 education, algebra is one of the most vital mathematical content domains: it represents one of the top barriers for students pursuing a postsecondary education. Game-based learning has been effective in fostering classroom math learning environments that are…
Descriptors: Algebra, Game Based Learning, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics
Jiaopin Ren; Wei Xu; Ziqing Liu – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2024
The objective of this study is to examine and compare the impact of serious games and gamification on learning achievement and motivation. The results of the meta-analysis indicate that gamification has a more positive influence on learning achievement and motivation compared to serious games. The analysis reveals that gamification demonstrates a…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Gamification, Academic Achievement, Meta Analysis
Gloria Mittmann; Adam Barnard; Sonja Zehetmayer; Simon Wimmer; Vanessa Zehetner; Sylvia Doerfler; Kate Woodcock; Beate Schrank – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2024
Early adolescence is a major time for friendship development, and interpersonal emotion regulation (iER) is a vital skill for social interactions. Serious games are an exciting way to engage young people with psychoeducational content. The authors developed a serious game teaching iER strategies to early adolescents in an interdisciplinary and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Educational Games, Computer Games
de Vero, Ivo; Barr, Matthew – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2023
Designing an intervention that can effectively develop critical thinking skills is challenging because of the problems of transfer and domain specificity. The authors describe the design and development of a text-based game that could teach players important critical thinking skills in the domain of history. This was achieved by combining Schon's…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Game Based Learning, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
Gao, Yuchan; Gee, Elisabeth – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2023
The game-mediated second and foreign language (GML2) field investigates how games can be used in facilitating L2 teaching and learning. This review explores how researchers define and differentiate among GML2 practices. A total of 51 publications from 2010 to 2021 were analyzed, revealing that only 40% of the publications defined GML2 practices,…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Vergara, Diego; Gómez-Vallecillo, Ana Isabel; Fernández-Arias, Pablo; Antón-Sancho, Álvaro – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2023
This paper conducts descriptive quantitative research of the player profile of a set of 808 university professors, and the player profiles that participants consider most suitable for learning when educational gamification is employed in higher education. It also studied the existence of influential variables in the chosen player profiles,…
Descriptors: Gamification, Profiles, College Faculty, Predictor Variables
Wadhwa, Shalini; Balakrishnan, Ramanan – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2023
The present study analyzes the impact of video games on productivity at a workplace. A lot of organizations have introduced games during break times of employees. Indoor video game parlors have been created at company sites. Games are said to relieve stress and enthuse fun at the workplace resulting in a happy environment. The authors were…
Descriptors: Video Games, Job Performance, Employee Attitudes, Organizational Culture
Matic, Ljerka Jukic; Karavakou, Myrto; Grizioti, Marianthi – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2023
The literature reports that while digital educational games are used in the elementary classroom, they are rarely, if ever, used in the upper secondary mathematics classroom. In order to investigate this situation, a survey was conducted to determine what upper secondary school mathematics teachers think about digital games and what obstacles and…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Electronic Learning, Educational Games, Learner Engagement
Luarn, Pin; Chen, Chiao-Chieh; Chiu, Yu-Ping – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2023
The use of gamification might offer a partial solution to the decline in students' motivation and engagement the school system is currently facing. Specifically, this study aimed to examine whether gamification elements (perceived collaboration, perceived competition, favorable feedback, unfavorable feedback, self-expression, sense of control)…
Descriptors: Gamification, Educational Environment, Student Motivation, Learner Engagement