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Games and simulations are changing the ways in which students learn today. However, much remains unknown about the effectiveness of games to learn specific subject matter. The aim of this study was to better understand the role that games can play...

In this study, we examine the constraints, affordances, motivation and understanding that occur within a multimedia-learning environment. As part of their biology courses, fifty-seven university students from the U.S. and Africa viewed video cases...

Game-based learning and designing has become a hot topic in educational technology. It is believed that video gaming is one way to get students engaged in learning complex and ill-structured material, holistic learning, and preparing learners for...

Educational games have become the lightning rod for learning and preparing a future skilled workforce. Both the people, who argue against and for games agree that learning is possible, but what is learned is another issue. However, the claims about...

Game-based learning has proliferated as a result of the claims people make about games and learning. Using a mixed-methods methodology, this study assesses the motivational valuing of the disciplinary knowledge and gameplay, the disciplinary...

Game-based learning is pervasive in education. There are claims about what students learn and the process by which they learn; however, notable researchers still question what is learned from games. Using a mixed-methods approach, this study...

While game-based learning has entered K-12 classrooms, the integration process is often not documented because of a focus on the effects of games. This paper presents results of a digital games technology integration process in a yearlong research...