The authors' review of standalone educational games found they are not always based on sound educational principles and theories¶
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q2 i? A review of standalone educational games showed that they are not always based on sound educational principles and theories. → Gunter 2008
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Gunter 2008¶
Gunter, G.A., Kenny, R.F. & Vick, E.H. (2008). Taking educational games seriously: using the RETAIN model to design endogenous fantasy into standalone educational games. Education Tech Research Dev, 56, 511–537. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-007-9073-2
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The authors' own review of standalone educational games, reported in the article's abstract. It concludes the games are "not always based on sound educational principles and theories"; no review method, corpus size, or criteria are printed in the available text.
"Our review of standalone educational games has shown that they are not always based on sound educational principles and theories."
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Related Claims¶
- Basing educational game design on well-established learning and instructional theories is argued to reduce the risk of games failing their educational goals — a broader claim this one bears on
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The authors' review of standalone educational games found they are not always based on sound educational principles and theories |
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The authors' review of standalone educational games found they are not always based on sound educational principles and theories |
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