Adding a narrative theme to the Cache 17 game did not improve transfer posttest performance¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r? · q2
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Subclaims¶

q2 i? Adding a narrative theme to an adventure game intended to teach how mechanical devices work did not improve posttest performance on a transfer test. → Mayer 2014

Evidence¶

Mayer 2014¶

Mayer, Richard E. (2014). Computer Games for Learning: An Evidence-Based Approach. The MIT Press. http://direct.mit.edu/books/monograph/4028/bookpreview-pdf/2362507

q2 · i? · causal · r?

Value-added study reported in the preface in which a narrative theme was added to the adventure game Cache 17, which teaches how mechanical devices work. The addition "did not improve posttest performance on a transfer test". No effect size is printed in the text.

"adding a narrative theme to an adventure game named Cache 17 intended to teach how mechanical devices work did not improve posttest performance on a transfer test"

Discussion¶

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