Hi Thushari,

I attach some works we've done on games, telematic simulation and active learning methods, gamification is among them.

Hope you find them useful,

Cheers,

Laura

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Hi Laura,

Thank you for sending this through. Looking forward to read them and your work seems to be very relevant to what I am expecting to do

Many Thanks!

Thushari

Take a look at these:

• Granic, I., Lobel, A., & Engels, R. C. (2014). The benefits of playing video games. American Psychologist, 2014, 66–78.
• Tobias, S., Fletcher, J. D., Dai, D. Y., & Wind, A. P. (2011). Review of Research on Computer Games. In S. Tobias & J. D. Fletcher (Eds.), Computer Games and Instruction (pp. 127–222). Information Age Publishing.
• Wouters, P., Nimwegen, C. van, Oostendorp, H. van, & Spek, E. D. van der. (2013). A Meta-Analysis of the Cognitive and Motivational Effects of Serious Games. Journal of Educational Psychology, 105, 249–265. doi:10.1037/a0031311

Games, motivation, and learning: a research and practice model. R. Garris, R. Ahlers, J.E. Driskell.  Simulation & Gaming 12/2002; 33:441-467.

If this seems interesting, you can download it from James E. Driskell's page on Research Gate.  It is the 13th article from the top of the list.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/James_Driskell/publications

Best of luck!

Sidney

Dear Thushari,

Here are references for several popular papers that might be helpful:

Bailey, R., Armour, K., Kirk, D., Jess, M., Pickup, I., Sandford, R., & Education, B. P. (2009). The educational benefits claimed for physical education and school sport: an academic review. Research papers in education, 24(1), 1-27.‏

Bailey, R. (2006). Physical education and sport in schools: A review of benefits and outcomes. Journal of school health, 76(8), 397-401.‏

Randel, J. M., Morris, B. A., Wetzel, C. D., & Whitehill, B. V. (1992). The effectiveness of games for educational purposes: A review of recent research. Simulation & gaming, 23(3), 261-276.‏

Griffiths, M. (2002). The educational benefits of videogames. Education and Health, 20(3), 47-51.‏

Durkin, K., & Barber, B. (2002). Not so doomed: Computer game play and positive adolescent development. Journal of applied developmental psychology, 23(4), 373-392.‏

Granic, I., Lobel, A., & Engels, R. C. (2014). The benefits of playing video games. American Psychologist, 69(1), 66.‏

Best regards,

Yaakov

Hi Thushari,

You may find the following references interesting. Most papers provide a wider view on video games though.

- Anderson, C. A., Gentile, D. A., & Dill, K. E. (2012). Prosocial, Antisocial, and Other Effects of Recreational Video Games. Chapter in D. G. Singer, & J. L. Singer (Eds),

Handbook of Children and the Media, 2nd Edition, (pp. 249-272). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

- Gentile, D. A. (2011). The multiple dimensions of video game effects. Child Development Perspectives, 5(2), 75-81.

- Gentile, D. A. et al. (2009). The effects of prosocial video games on prosocial behaviors: International evidence from correlational, longitudinal, and experimental studies. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35(6), 752-763 .

- Greitemeyer, T. & Cox, C. (2013). There is no "I" in team: Effects of cooperative video games on cooperative behavior. European Journal of Social Psychology, 43, 224-228.

- Pelletier, C. (2009). Games and learning: What's the connection? International Journal of Learning and Media, 1(1), 83-101. doi:10.1162/ijlm.2009.0006

- Prot, S. et al. (2013). Long-term relations among prosocial-media use, empathy, and prosocial behavior. Psychological Science, 25(2), 358-368. doi:10.1177/0956797613503854

Cheers,

André

Bailey, R., Armour, K., Kirk, D., Jess, M., Pickup, I., Sandford, R., & Education, B. P. (2009). The educational benefits claimed for physical education and school sport: an academic review.

If you can, get Fran Blumberg's book Learning by Playing.  It is the best and most complete  state-of-the-science overview out there.

Thanks everyone for the useful references. All of them provide good overview on game-based learning and these papers are good starting point for a complete beginner.

Best Regards.

Thushari

I think Dominik Petko already provided sources that give a very good overview. If you are interested in taxonomy I can also recommend:

Tan, P.-H., Ling, S.-W., and Ting, C.-Y. Adaptive Digital Game-based Learning Framework. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Digital Interactive Media in Entertainment and Arts, ACM (2007), 142–146.

Ivory, J. D. (2013). Video games as a multifaceted medium: A review of quantitative social science research on video games and a typology of video game research approaches. Review of Communication Research, 1(1), 31-68. Available: http://rcommunicationr.org. Download from the Open-Access Journal Site (PDF): http://rcommunicationr.org/index.php/ivory-2013-es-un-menu/finish/4-volume-1/5-ivory2013video-games-as-a-multifaceted-mediumreview-and-typology

It's a review about all media effects of video games including educational/training effects.

This paper could be also relevant

The role of psychology in understanding the impact of computer games

E Boyle, TM Connolly, T Hainey

Entertainment Computing 2 (2), 69-74

I Agree With Oliver Korn