Uncovering Gender and Problem Difficulty Effects in Learning with an Educational Game
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These results are consistent with previous literature showing increased enjoyment in immersive VR when compared to other media.
“These results are consistent with previous literature showing increased enjoyment in immersive VR when compared to other media (e.g., Bertram et al., 2015; Makransky et al., 2019b; McLaren et al., 2017; Thisgaard & Makransky, 2017).”
From Investigating the effect of pre-training when learning through immersive virtual reality and video: A media and methods experiment (2019) · cites this paper as McLaren et al., 2017
McLaren et al. (2017) showed that students who use an educational game score significantly higher on learning, both on an immediate post-test and a one-week delayed post-test, while also reporting significantly higher enjoyment, as compared to students who received a conventional computer-based approach.
“A recent study by McLaren et al. (2017) shows that students who use an educational game score signi fi cantly higher on learning, both on an immediate post-test and a one-week delayed post-test, while also reporting signi fi cantly higher enjoyment, as compared to students who received a conventional computer-based approach.”
From Investigating the effect of pre-training when learning through immersive virtual reality and video: A media and methods experiment (2019) · cites this paper as McLaren et al. (2017)
Two of the studies cited for reporting significant differences in a one-week delayed post-test integrated their design in the classroom activities of school children.
“Supporting this point is the fact that two of the studies cited above for reporting signi fi cant di ff erences in a one-week delayed post-test (Fyfe & Rittle-Johnson, 2017; McLaren et al., 2017) integrated their design in the classroom activities of school children.”
From Investigating the effect of pre-training when learning through immersive virtual reality and video: A media and methods experiment (2019) · cites this paper as McLaren et al., 2017
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- Authors
- McLaren, B., Farzan, R., Adams, D., Mayer, R., & Forlizzi, J.
- Affiliations
- Carnegie Mellon University (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Notre Dame (US)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- Corresponding author
- McLaren, Bruce
- Venue
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Published
- 2017
- Pages
- 540-543
- ISSN
- 0302-9743 (ISSN-L)
- 1611-3349
- OpenAlex
- W2723198455
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 6.04
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Lecture notes in computer science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Educational Games and Gamification
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Technology in Education
- Keywords
- game-based learning, gender differences, problem difficulty, junior high school students, computer-assisted instruction, mathematics learning
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