Game structures, role playing, and the physical environment are identified as factors shaping students' thinking in AR game play¶

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q1 i? The study investigates how game structures affect students' thinking, the impact of role playing on learning, and the role of the physical environment in shaping learning. → Squire 2007

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Squire 2007¶

Squire, K.D., Jan, M. (2007). Mad City Mystery: Developing Scientific Argumentation Skills with a Place-based Augmented Reality Game on Handheld Computers. J Sci Educ Technol 16, 5–29. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-006-9037-z

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The abstract states these as the study's research questions rather than reporting tested results; the available preview text prints no findings for these factors, so this is recorded as the article's stated investigative focus.

"We investigate whether augmented reality games on handhelds can be used to engage students in scientific thinking (particularly argumentation), how game structures affect students' thinking, the impact of role playing on learning, and the role of the physical environment in shaping learning."

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