Playing commercial video games for eight weeks improved self-reported resourcefulness more than control conditions in a randomised trial of undergraduates¶

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q3 i2 Intervention-group students showed significantly greater positive change on the Resourcefulness Scale than control students (Cohen's d 0.9, p = 0.013). → Matthew Barr 2017

Evidence¶

Matthew Barr 2017¶

Matthew Barr. (2017). Video games can develop graduate skills in higher education students: A randomised trial. Computers & Education. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2017.05.016

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Randomised trial comparing week 1 to week 8 score change on the 28-item Resourcefulness Scale between 20 control and 16 intervention completers. The t-test gave Cohen's d 0.9 with a 95% CI of "2.1 1 to 16.77".

"Mean score change on the resourcefulness scale was 0.25 (SD ¼ 9.71) in the control group and 9.69 (SD ¼ 1 1.42) in the intervention group (absolute difference in means ¼ 9.44, 95% CI 2.1 1 to 16.77, Cohen's d 0.9)."

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