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Engagement States and Learning from Educational Games

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: Children's and adolescents' cognitive, affective, and behavioral states of engagement enhance or impede enjoyment of, and performance with, educational games. We propose a comprehensive model of engagement states and apply it to research on educational game development and research on the role of various aspects of engagement on game play and learning. Emphasis is placed on individual differences in attention, memory, motor speed and control, persistence, and positive and negative affect (approach/avoidance), and how these pertain to social cognitions regarding mathematics achievement. Our challenge is to develop educational games that are effective for a wide variety of student engagement states.

Source: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

DOI: 10.1002/cad.20028

Authors: Kirby Deater-Deckard, Mido Chang, Michael E. Evans

Institutions: Virginia Tech, Florida International University

Language: English

Topic: Educational Games and Gamification

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: National Science Foundation