Digital game loading time caused issues but students had no significant navigation problems once the game loaded.¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2020 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? During in-school implementation, teachers reported issues with digital game loading time, though students navigated the game without significant problems once it loaded. → Li 2020

Evidence¶

Li 2020¶

Li, L., Luttgen, K., Huang, K., Weiser, G., Cornfield, O., Hess, H., Chow, E., & Schneider, M. (2020). Hero Elementary Playlist RCT Study in Formal School and Distance Learning Contexts. WestEd. https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/dd/index.asp

q2 · i? · causal · r2

Teacher report on the digital game during in-school implementation, where most teachers implemented the game as an individual activity completed simultaneously. The article notes "issues with the loading time of the digital game" but no significant navigation problems thereafter; no effect size is reported.

"Teachers reported having some issues with the loading time of the digital game, but students had no significant issues navigating the digital game once it loaded."

Discussion¶

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