Game-based learning literature

Question 1

How should the challenge in a game be to maximize learning according to Malone?

Accepted Answer

Adaptable to player's skills

Question 2

McFarlane's survey of English schoolchildren from 2002 revealed the tendency that _____________

Accepted Answer

girls play games when they are bored

Question 3

According to Digital Game-Based Learning (Prensky), todays learners __________

Accepted Answer

more easily get bored with traditional teaching, are better at multi-tasking, find school uselessly irrelevant

Question 4

_________ is the most important factor that drives learning according to Gee

Accepted Answer

Motivation

Question 5

McFarlane's survey of English schoolchildren from 2002 revealed the tendency that _____________

Accepted Answer

boys play games as a first choice activity

Question 6

What are the mains benefit from integrating social classroom video games with lecturing?

Accepted Answer

Increased motivation for subject, Improved classroom dynamics, Increased focus on what being taught

Question 7

_______ is NOT one of the main three elements that makes video games fun according to Malone.

Accepted Answer

Collaboration

Question 8

The learning view that sees the learning process entirely in the head of the learner is called

Accepted Answer

Cognitivist

Question 9

Most frequent obstacles for using mainstream games in schools (UK surveys 2011/12) were _______

Accepted Answer

amount of irrelevant content in game, lack of time to teachers to familiarize with game, difficult to identify quickly how a game was relevant, difficult to persuade school stakeholders of edu benefits

Question 10

The state in which we are so involved in something that nothing else matters in called...

Accepted Answer

Flow

Question 11

Who wrote the FutureLab report 'Literature Review in Games and Learning'?

Accepted Answer

Angela McFarlane, John Kirriemuir

Question 12

Field studies watching seven-years play Age of Mythology revealed that the students also...

Accepted Answer

read about mythology on web sites, borrowed books on mythology, drew pictures and wrote stories on mythology

Question 13

Who has written 'What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy'?

Accepted Answer

James Paul Gee

Question 14

What is the key message in What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy?

Accepted Answer

Good games are learning machines

Question 15

The learning view that focuses on interaction/observation in a group context is called ________

Accepted Answer

Social and Situational

Question 16

Two key themes common to development of games for education according to Kirriemuir & McFarlane

Accepted Answer

Learning through doing, Making learning fun

Question 17

_________ is NOT a part of good learning principles incorporated in good games according to Gee

Accepted Answer

Elaborate and comprehensive game manual (introduction)

Question 18

What was the number one reason for playing games in the ESA survey from 2001?

Accepted Answer

Games are fun

Question 19

The General Aggression Model describes that violent media ________________ (Anderson & Bushman)

Accepted Answer

increase aggression by teaching observers how to aggress

Question 20

Reasons most edutainment has failed to realize expectations according to Futurelab report are

Accepted Answer

Too simplistic in comparison to competing video games, Repetitive tasks

Game-based learning literature

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Game-based learning literature

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