Improvement in conceptually-laden in-game challenges over gameplay is strongly moderated by prior physics knowledge¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r? · q3
Currency · newest study 2017 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Students generally improved performance on conceptually-laden challenges as gameplay progressed, but this improvement was strongly moderated by prior knowledge of physics. → Martinez-Garza 2017

Evidence¶

Martinez-Garza 2017¶

Martinez-Garza, M. M., & Clark, D. B. (2017). Investigating Epistemic Stances in Game Play with Data Mining. International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations, 9(3). https://doi.org/10.4018/IJGCMS.2017070101

q3 · i? · associational · r?

Research Question 2 examined whether differences in gameplay in conceptually-laden challenges correlated with performance on a conceptual knowledge test. The article found students "generally improve their performance in these challenges as gameplay progresses" with improvement "strongly moderated by their prior knowledge of physics".

"students generally improve their performance in these challenges as gameplay progresses, but that this improvement is strongly moderated by their prior knowledge of physics."

Discussion¶

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