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Stephanie Fitzgerald

Study shows how gaming impacts brain function to inspire healthy behavior | Games for H... - 0 views

www.gamesforhealtheurope.org/...on-to-inspire-healthy-behavior

games health brain study motivation

shared by Stephanie Fitzgerald on 25 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Stephanie Fitzgerald on 25 Mar 12
     
    A study out of Stanford looked at how videogames, in particular serious games and games for health, can activate circuits in the brain associated with positive motivation. "The study published today provides new insights into how these effects might have occurred, revealing that active participation in gameplay events is key to activating the brain's positive motivation circuits. Seeing and hearing the same information without active participation in gameplay had no impact on activity in positive motivation circuits."
Stephanie Fitzgerald

Study of the effective use of social software to support student learning and engagemen... - 3 views

www.jisc.ac.uk/...socialsoftware08.aspx

education research engagement social media

shared by Stephanie Fitzgerald on 11 Mar 12 - Cached
  • Stephanie Fitzgerald on 11 Mar 12
     
    Scroll down on this page to download the final report and case studies from a study that "examined the use of social software in the UK further and higher education sectors to collect evidence of the effective use of social software in enhancing student learning and engagement" (p. 9 of final report). For anyone considering boosting engagement through social media, this is a gold mine.
  • Leslie Lieman on 12 Mar 12
     
    Hi Stephanie - Thanks for this! I just wrote in my mid-semester assignment that I need to find research about engagement through crowd-sourcing and social media in education! I've downloaded the report and can tell that with sentences like, "The results highlight the different pedagogical roles of social software: communication, nurturing creativity and innovation, and collaborative learning," you've definitely found great resources. ~ Leslie
Chris McEnroe

Study touts benefits of a 'wired' classroom - 1 views

www.vancouversun.com/...story.html

shared by Chris McEnroe on 21 Feb 12 - No Cached
  •  Concordia University researchers set out to answer a "big picture" question: Does computer technology have a positive overall effect on learning in the classroom? File photo.Photograph by: CHARLES PLATIAU , ReutersMONTREAL — Concordia University researchers set out to answer a "big picture" question: Does computer technology have a positive overall effect on learning in the classroom?"There have been lots of arguments, both pro and con, regarding this issue, (such as) is it worth the investment?" said professor Richard Schmid, chairman of the education department at the Montreal-based Concordia.Their literature review involved looking at thousands of studies and comparing achievement in classrooms that used computer technology with those that used little or none.The 40-year retrospective study, published in the Review of Educational Research journal, concluded that classrooms where computer technology was used to support teaching had a "small to moderate positive" effect on learning and attitude.If an administrator must make a decision "should we invest in this? The answer is yes," said Schmid, the study's co-author.The literature shows that more recent, sophisticated applications of the technology produce greater positive gains than older
  • f an administrator must make a decision "should we invest in this? The answer is yes," said Schmid, the study's co-author.The literature shows that more recent, sophisticated applications of the technology produce greater positive gains than older applications, he sai
  • under what circumstances positive effects are observed
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  • he technology is used solely as a content provider — for example, if iPads are used as alternatives to books — then there won't be any positive change,
  • Where technology does have a positive impact is when it actively engages students, when it's used as a communication tool, when it's used for things like simulations or games that enable students to actively manipulate the environment
  • Chris McEnroe on 21 Feb 12
     
    Report on a study whose findings support not just technology in the classroom as a wise investment, but support it only if used in particular ways.
Chris Dede

Bypassing the Textbook: Video Games Transform Social Studies Curriculcum | MindShift - 1 views

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social studies videogames

shared by Chris Dede on 20 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Chris Dede on 20 Jan 14
     
    Social studies teacher using entertainment videogames
Leslie Lieman

'Free-Range Learners': Study Opens Window Into How Students Hunt for Educational Conten... - 0 views

chronicle.com/...36137

online higher education

shared by Leslie Lieman on 26 Apr 12 - No Cached
  • Leslie Lieman on 26 Apr 12
     
    Undergrads use "free range learning," exploring the web for material about subjects of study and do not rely on the texts and assigned readings.
Yang Jiang

Teen girls may benefit more from playing video games with their parents than boys, a st... - 0 views

www.latimes.com/...games-20110201,0,1516592.story

games technology video games

shared by Yang Jiang on 05 Feb 11 - No Cached
  • a new study finds that when adolescent girls play age-appropriate games with their parents there may be some benefits, such as feeling closer to family members and having better mental health.
  • Yang Jiang on 05 Feb 11
     
    A new study finds that when adolescent girls play age-appropriate games with their parents there may be some benefits, such as feeling closer to family members and having better mental health.
Maurice Joyce

Is in attention blindness secondary to a high level of flow? - 0 views

m.washingtonpost.com/...-notice-a-gorilla-in-a-ct-scan

Flow inattention blindness

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  • Maurice Joyce on 20 Feb 13
     
    Study looking at rate of inattention blindness in radiologists evaluating chest CT scans for lung nodules.
Chris Dede

CooneyCenter - YouTube - 3 views

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video case study game Cooney Center

shared by Chris Dede on 13 May 12 - No Cached
  • Chris Dede on 13 May 12
     
    Three video case studies on teaching with games
Tracy Tan

21st century classrooms needed for the future (Jorgen Lindgren Hansen, China Daily[CN],... - 0 views

(Restricted access article, posted here.) The article talks about re-organizing classrooms and schedules in order to cater to the needs of the 21st century classroom. At a time when new technology...

china classroom configuration schedule

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Allison Browne

Study: MRI reveals brain function differs in math-phobic children - 1 views

www.healthimaging.com/index.php

education engagement motivation

shared by Allison Browne on 23 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Allison Browne on 23 Mar 12
     
    How can we help these children feel the sense of flow when in math class? Children who get anxious about doing math have brain function that differs from children who don't, with math-specific fear interfering with the parts of the brain involved in problem-solving, according to functional MRI (fMRI) scans of 7- to 9-year olds that formed the basis of a study published online March 20 in Psychological Science.
Kasthuri Gopalaratnam

Education Week: Study Finds Timing of Student Rewards Key to Effectiveness - 3 views

www.edweek.org/...37incentives.h31.html

shared by Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 06 Aug 12 - No Cached
  • Kasthuri Gopalaratnam on 06 Aug 12
     
    Interesting study on rewards and motivation: Some excerpts - Rewards worked much better if they were given to students before the test, not after. Researchers found students worked significantly harder to keep what they had than they did to win something new. But none of the incentives worked at any age if students knew they wouldn't get the reward for a month. "All motivating power of the incentives vanishes when rewards are handed out with a delay," the researchers concluded. "Especially among children, the difference between right now and tomorrow is a big difference," Ms. Sadoff said. "For all students it's important that the reward be immediate." That impatience creates a massive problem for incentive programs based on state test results, which can often take months to turn around.
  • Leslie Lieman on 07 Aug 12
     
    Thanks for this Kasthuri! This gives additional strength to the immediacy of digital rewards and students having access to their own "stats" (both potentially available in games and simulations). The thought of actual green-back monetary rewards for study/learning gives me the heebie-jeebies. I appreciated Alexandra M. Usher's comment, that "it's really important to reward inputs, not outputs [and] to reward behavior that kids can control, rather than just telling them to get better grades."
Chris Dede

When Gaming Is Good for You - WSJ.com - 3 views

online.wsj.com/...3458604577263273943183932.html

videogaming creativity preception decisionmaking

shared by Chris Dede on 09 Mar 12 - No Cached
  • Chris Dede on 09 Mar 12
     
    This type of research is very difficult to do - so without examining the actual research articles it is difficult to determine how valid these studies are
  • Shane Tutwiler on 11 Mar 12
     
    The WSJ article makes strong causal claims based on observational studies. Classic confounding of correlation and causation. From what I could find of the Michigan-based research, for example, the "effect" of video game playing on behavior was a fixed-effect in a multiple regression analysis. It didn't (or shouldn't have) carried any causal implication. (Interestingly, the research also found that students with higher self-reported video game playing times over the school year also had lower GPAs...a finding conspicuously missing from the WSJ piece.)
  • Chris Dede on 11 Mar 12
     
    Thanks, Shane!
Jennifer Jocz

Can avatars change the way we think and act? - 4 views

news.stanford.edu/...tar-behavior-study-022510.html

avatar media literacy

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  • "The bottom line is that we have to have more education in society, particularly showing students stereotypes that exist in media and why they exist."
  • Jennifer Jocz on 02 Mar 10
     
    One study showing how the use of realistic avatars can influence people to exercise or eat better and can influence they way they view women.
Jennifer Jocz

Video gamers: Size of brain structures predicts success | R&D Mag - 0 views

www.rdmag.com/...f-brain-structures-predicts-su

video games

shared by Jennifer Jocz on 28 Jan 10 - Cached
  • The new study, in the journal Cerebral Cortex, found that nearly a quarter of the variability in achievement seen among men and women trained on a new video game could be predicted by measuring the volume of three structures in their brains.
  • pre-existing individual differences in the brain might predict variability in learning rates, the authors wrote.
  • Such information might be useful in education, where longer training periods may be required for some students, or in treating disability or dementia, where information about the brain regions affected by injury or disease could lead to a better understanding of the skills that might also need attention
  • Jennifer Jocz on 28 Jan 10
     
    Interesting article discussing a study showing that the size of certain brain structures can predict video game performance
Soomi Hong

Study: Video Games Can Hurt Schoolwork - ABC News - 1 views

abcnews.go.com/...wireStory

shared by Soomi Hong on 18 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Soomi Hong on 18 Mar 10
     
    "Study suggests new video gamers face immediate drop in reading, writing skills at school"
Leslie Lieman

Education Week Teacher: Cultivating a Positive Environment for Students - 1 views

www.edweek.org/...tln_ferlazzo_positive.html

positive emotions

shared by Leslie Lieman on 28 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • Leslie Lieman on 28 Feb 13
     
    Back to the basics: "Studies show that positive feelings can enhance students' attention and higher-order thinking skills, as well as encouraging perseverance."
Maurice Joyce

Wii games boost performance of surgical residents - 0 views

www.bloomberg.com/...inee-surgeons-study-finds.html

education technology games video games

shared by Maurice Joyce on 28 Feb 13 - No Cached
  • Maurice Joyce on 28 Feb 13
     
    Another study indicating that resident performance in laparoscopic and robotic surgery is improved through the use of video game systems like Wii. A side note: there is a Wii system in our departments simulation center and we are encouraged to play it while on call or during our education days.
Brandon Pousley

Winter Bells - 0 views

www.ferryhalim.com/...bells.htm

online game flow

shared by Brandon Pousley on 29 Mar 13 - Cached
  • Brandon Pousley on 29 Mar 13
     
    On a study break, I rediscovered this quite addictive, simple game that I think captures the ideas of flow quite nicely. I think the simple design, exponential scoring, soothing music, great art, and realistic physics make it quite immersive (for better or for worse!)
  • Matthew Ong on 31 Mar 13
     
    The music, the challenge of hitting the bells, the fact that the bells actually add some 'harmony' to the music, the high score at the end of the game. Simply brilliant. Thanks for sharing it!
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