Adult learners report both benefits and challenges when playing ethics board games, and these cluster into 21 benefit and 21 challenge themes across the forethought, performance, and reflection phases of self-regulated learning¶
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q2 i? Thematic analysis of post-game interviews yielded 21 specific challenge themes and 21 benefit themes tied to game design and gameplay elements, categorized into three SRL phases. → Zvereva 2026
q2 i? Reported benefits include flow, new applied ethics knowledge, activation of prior knowledge, metacognitive self-observation, psychologically safe trial-and-error, and exposure to diverse perspectives. → Zvereva 2026
q2 i? Reported challenges include complex or rigid rules, opaque goals, difficulty mismatches, time pressure, emotional overload, role-identity incongruity, and limited debriefing opportunities. → Zvereva 2026
Evidence¶
Zvereva 2026¶
Zvereva, G., Guillén, G., Al-Msallam, S., Hamari, J., & Xi, N. (2026). Game-based learning for ethics: benefits, challenges, and dilemmas. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-026-10678-z
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Qualitative thematic analysis (hybrid deductive-inductive coding in Atlas.ti, 76% intercoder agreement on ~24% of data) of standardized post-game interviews after four board game sessions in a four-day workshop with 32 adults. The article reports "21 specific challenges and 21 benefit themes" organized by SRL phase.
"the researchers identified 21 specific challenges and 21 benefit themes, each corresponding to specific elements of game design and gameplay (Fig. 1). Using the SRL theory, these results were then categorized into three phases."
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Related Claims¶
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- GenAI can support learner agency through self-regulated learning, self-efficacy, and feedback literacy under appropriate conditions — a broader claim this one bears on
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Adult learners report both benefits and challenges when playing ethics board games, and these cluster into 21 benefit and 21 challenge themes across the forethought, performance, and reflection phases of self-regulated learning |
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Adult learners report both benefits and challenges when playing ethics board games, and these cluster into 21 benefit and 21 challenge themes across the forethought, performance, and reflection phases of self-regulate... |
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