Dear George:

Please see the attached link for related studies as requested.

Best regards,

Debra

https://www.researchgate.net/publicliterature.PublicLiterature.search.html?type=keyword&search-keyword=What+is+serious+gaming&search-abstract=&search=Search

Dear George,

Here are several relevant books:

(1) Michael, D. R., & Chen, S. L. (2005). Serious games: Games that educate, train, and inform. Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade.‏

(2) Bergeron, B. (2006). Developing serious games (game development series).‏

(3) Ritterfeld, U., Cody, M., & Vorderer, P. (Eds.). (2009). Serious games: Mechanisms and effects. Routledge.‏

(4) Abt, C. C. (1987). Serious games. University Press of America.‏

Here are several relevant papers (some of them with links):

(1) Susi, T., Johannesson, M., & Backlund, P. (2007). Serious games: An overview.‏

http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:2416/FULLTEXT01.pdf

(2) Connolly, T. M., Boyle, E. A., MacArthur, E., Hainey, T., & Boyle, J. M. (2012). A systematic literature review of empirical evidence on computer games and serious games. Computers & Education, 59(2), 661-686.‏

https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/courses/compsci747s2c/lectures/paul/LitReview_EmpiricalEvidence_SeriousGames.pdf

(3) Burke, J. W., McNeill, M. D. J., Charles, D. K., Morrow, P. J., Crosbie, J. H., & McDonough, S. M. (2009). Optimising engagement for stroke rehabilitation using serious games. The Visual Computer, 25(12), 1085-1099.‏

(4) Shute, V. J., Ventura, M., Bauer, M., & Zapata-Rivera, D. (2009). Melding the power of serious games and embedded assessment to monitor and foster learning. Serious games: Mechanisms and effects, 2, 295-321.‏

http://myweb.fsu.edu/vshute/pdf/shute%202009_c.pdf

(5) Crookall, D. (2010). Serious games, debriefing, and simulation/gaming as a discipline. Simulation & gaming, 41(6), 898-920.‏

http://sites.unice.fr/sg/authors/docs/Crookall-2010_Serious-Gs-debrief-discipline_898-920.pdf

Best regards,

Yaakov