Educational Gaming

  Do Educational Games Increase Achievement                                                                                                                         While educational gaming may see to be fun and engaging for the students, does it truly help students reach the intended the goal of success or achievement? This is the question that not only educators but parents or educational stakeholders have.  Thankfully Young et al. (2012) confirms educational games can increase achievement. In particular educational gaming increased learning outcome achievement from  7% to 40% as measured by standardized testing. In their research, Young et al. determined that the Math ga...

The Psychology of Educational Gaming  When thinking of educational gaming, it is important to not just consider the pros and cons but to also consider the psychology behind Educational Gaming. The Psychology of gaming includes considering how psychology impacts the design of the game, psychology in terms of motivation, and psychology in terms of Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development The Psychology behind the design  Moreno et al. (2019 ) indicates that if students' cognitive, behavioral, and emotional states are not stimulated then the students may develop negative social attitudes towards learning. Therefore is is key to ensure that the students are emotionally engaged or connected to the instruction (Moreno et al., 2019). These students demonstrate higher cognitive ability and make more effective judgment ( Moreno et. al). Moreno et al. (2019) also indicated that educational games provide the incremental theory of intelligence by guiding and creating learning with imm...

What is Educational Gaming?   Hwang & Chen ( 2016) indicated that educational gaming is a competitive activity with specified principles and rules that lead to the obtainment of educational goals. In particular, students log on to a device that allows them to engage in a game. The game allows students to compete while incorporating educational material. Possible Benefits of Educational Gaming Current research indicates that utilizing Digital Educational Gaming has many benefits. These benefits include: an increase in intrinsic motivation to learn educational material, learning across time and space that supports learning in real world contexts, meaningful learning in contexts and environments that encourage meaningful learning, the support of sensory and motor skills, encourages constructing their own learning within the game, encourages and increases problem solving skills, and encourages students' being active in the learning process (Hwang & Chen, 2016).  Possi...