Third-person camera perspective games show significant learning benefits while first-person perspective games show no significant benefit¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r3 · q3 · i0 negligible

Subclaims¶

q3 i0 First-person perspective games averaged g = 0.12 (CI including zero) while third-person games averaged g = 0.48, a significant moderator difference. → Clark Douglas B. 2016

Evidence¶

Clark Douglas B. 2016¶

Clark Douglas B., Tanner-Smith Emily E., Killingsworth Stephen S. (2016). Digital Games, Design, and Learning: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Review of Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.3102/0034654315582065

q3 · i0 · quant-synthesis · r3

Camera view moderator rows from Table 3 of the media-comparison meta-regression; the asterisk marks a significant difference across categories, with superscripts denoting the over-the-shoulder-versus-third-person pairwise difference. Printed effect sizes are g = 0.12 for first person, g = −0.02 for over-the-shoulder/overhead, and g = 0.48 for third person.

"Camera view *
First person (FPS, POV) 0.12 [−0.33, 0.57] 15 (8) 0.31
Over the shoulder/overhead trackingh −0.02 [−0.35, 0.31] 32 (10) 0.29
Third personh 0.48 [0.30, 0.66] 140 (32) 0.26"

Discussion¶

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