Competition increases time spent answering questions but not reading time or in-game accuracy¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · causal r2 · q3 · i0 negligible
Currency · newest study 2015 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? The competition group spent more time responding to questions in the game than the control group. → Nergiz Ercil Cagiltay 2015 q3 i0 There was no significant difference between groups in total reading time of explanations or in accuracy in the game. → Nergiz Ercil Cagiltay 2015 (2)

Evidence¶

Nergiz Ercil Cagiltay 2015¶

Nergiz Ercil Cagiltay, Erol Ozcelik, Nese Sahin Ozcelik. (2015). The effect of competition on learning in games. Computers & Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2015.04.001

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Independent-samples t-test on response time recorded by the game itself; the competition group "spent more time on responding to the questions in the game compared to the control group" (M = 165.65 vs 137.02, t(140) = 1.93, p = .05).

"However, the competition group ( M ¼ 165.65, SD ¼ 92.77) spent more time on responding to the questions in the game compared to the control group (M ¼ 137.02,SD ¼ 82.42), t(140) ¼/C0 1.93, p ¼ .05."

Nergiz Ercil Cagiltay 2015 (2)¶

Nergiz Ercil Cagiltay, Erol Ozcelik, Nese Sahin Ozcelik. (2015). The effect of competition on learning in games. Computers & Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2015.04.001

q3 · i0 · causal · r2

Two independent-samples t-tests on game-recorded measures found "no signi ficant difference between the groups in total reading time of explanations" (p = .49) or accuracy (p = .46); equivalence was not tested.

"The results revealed that there was no signi ficant difference between the groups in total reading time of explanations, t(140) ¼/C0 0.70, p ¼ .49, and in accuracy in the game, t(140) ¼/C0 .74, p ¼ .46."

Discussion¶

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