Learning by Playing
Video Gaming in Education
1st Edition
Published on 10. March 2014
386 pages
978-0-19-989665-3 (ISBN)
Description
There is a growing recognition in the learning sciences that video games can no longer be seen as impediments to education, but rather, they can be developed to enhance learning. Educational and developmental psychologists, education researchers, media psychologists, and cognitive psychologists are now joining game designers and developers in seeking out new ways to use video game play in the classroom.
In Learning by Playing, a diverse group of contributors provide perspectives on the most current thinking concerning the ramifications of leisure video game play for academic classroom learning. The first section of the text provides foundational understanding of the cognitive skills and content knowledge that children and adolescents acquire and refine during video game play. The second section explores game features that captivate and promote skills development among game players. The subsequent sections discuss children and adolescents' learning in the context of different types of games and the factors that contribute to transfer of learning from video game play to the classroom. These chapters then form the basis for the concluding section of the text: a specification of the most appropriate research agenda to investigate the academic potential of video game play, particularly using those games that child and adolescent players find most compelling. Contributors include researchers in education, learning sciences, and cognitive and developmental psychology, as well as instructional design researchers.
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Fran Blumberg, Associate Professor of Psychological and Educational Services at Fordham University.
Content
Part I. Introduction and Overview
Chapter 1. Academic Lessons from Video Game Learning
Fran C. Blumberg, Debby Almonte, Yishai Barkhardori, & Andrew Leno
Part II. Theoretical and Cognitive Perspectives: How Should We Think About Learning in Video Games?
Chapter 2. Virtual to Real Life: Assessing Transfer of Learning from Video Games
Susan M. Barnett
Chapter 3. The Perceptual and Cognitive Effects of Action Video Game Experience
C. Shawn Green
Chapter 4. Relations between Video Gaming and Children's Executive Functioning
John R. Best
Chapter 5. Developing Scientific Thinking in the Context of Video Games: Where to Next?
Corinne Zimmerman
Chapter 6. Do Video Games Provide Motivation to Learn?
Akane Zusho, Jared S. Anthony, Naoko Hashimoto, and Gerard Robertson
Chapter 7. What We Know About How Experts Attain Their Superior Performance:
Implications for the Use of Video Games and Game Training in Schools
K. Anders Ericsson, Jong Sung Yoon, and Walter R. Boot
Chapter 8. Media Effects, Communication, and Complexity Science Insights on Game Learning
John L. Sherry
Chapter 9. The General Learning Model: Unveiling the Teaching Potential of Video Games
Douglas A. Gentile, Chris Groves, and J. Ronald Gentile
Part III. Game Design Perspectives: How Should We Design Educational Video Games?
Chapter 10. Toward a Playful and Usable Education
Célia Hodent
Chapter 11. Educational Video Games: Two Tools for Research and Development
Matthew Gaydos
Chapter 12. Formative Research for Game Design
James Bachhuber
Chapter 13. Transfer of Learning from Video Game Play to the Classroom
Debra A. Lieberman, Erica Biely, Chan L.Thai, and Susana Peinado
Part IV. Learning in practice: How Should We Study Learning in Video Games For Transfer To Academic Tasks?
Chapter 14. Cross-Platform Learning: How Do Children Learn from Multiple Media?
Shalom M. Fisch, Richard Lesh, Elizabeth Motoki, Sandra Crespo, and Vincent Melfi
Chapter 15. Electronic Game Changers for the Obesity Crisis
Sandra L. Calvert, Bradley J. Bond, and Amanda E. Staiano
Chapter 16. Tug-of-War: Seeking Help while Playing an Educational Card Game
Osvaldo Jiménez, Ugochi Acholonu, and Dylan Arena
Chapter 17. Scientific Inquiry in Digital Games
Jodi Asbell-Clarke and Elizabeth Rowe
Chapter 18. Computer Games and Education: A Multi-Dimensional Relationship
Keith Roe and Anne Dickmeis
Chapter 19. Video Games, Motivation, and Learning
Michael A. Evans, Brett D. Jones, and Jennifer Biedler
Chapter 20. John B. Black, Saadia A. Khan, Shih-Chieh Doug Huang
Chapter 21. Evaluating the Specificity of Effects of Video-game Training
Kasey L. Powers and Patricia J. Brooks
Part V. Conclusion
Chapter 22. Games in a Digital Age: Supporting a New Ecology of Learning
Michael E. Levine, Lori Takeuchi, and Sarah E. Vaala
