Computer game design: Opportunities for successful learning

By Judy Robertson, Cathrin Howells. Comput. Educ., 2008

367 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Computer Science Applications, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Information Systems

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In Computer Science Applications

1. Yasmin B. Kafai
2. Maja Wrzesien
3. Linda L. Werner
4. Ya-Ting Carolyn Yang
5. Jill Denner
6. Quinn K. Burke
7. Mariano Alcañiz Raya
8. Roy D. Pea

In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. Yasmin B. Kafai
2. Quinn K. Burke
3. Maja Wrzesien
4. Ya-Ting Carolyn Yang
5. Henny van der Meijden
6. Nienke Vos
7. Eddie Denessen
8. Mariano Alcañiz Raya

In Information Systems

1. Linda L. Werner
2. Ya-Ting Carolyn Yang
3. Karen R. Clark
4. Meihua Qian

Citations in the corpus

• Learning in serious virtual worlds: Evaluation of learning effectiveness and appeal to students in the E-Junior project (2010, background): “Besides the learning effectiveness, playing computer games gives learners a ''mental workout " that can develop numerous cognitive skills (Robertson & Howells, 2008).”
• Constructionist Gaming: Understanding the Benefits of Making Games for Learning (2015, background): “…Esper, Foster, & Grisowld, 2013; Fajdo, Hall-man, Harris, & Black, 2009; Holbert & Wilensky, 2014; Howland & Good 2015; Pelletier, Burns, & Buckingham, 2010; Robertson, 2012; Robertson & Howells, 2008; Werner, Campe, & Denner, 2012; Werner & Denner, 2009; Werner, Denner, Campe, & Kawamato, 2012).”
• Computer games created by middle school girls: Can they be used to measure understanding of computer science concepts? (2012, background): “Recent studies confirm that computer game programming is motivating (Basawapatna, Koh, & Repenning, 2010; Robertson & Howells, 2008; Seif El-Nasr, Yucel, Zupko, Tapia, & Smith, 2007), but few present findings on what students learn.”
• Building virtual cities, inspiring intelligent citizens: Digital games for developing students' problem solving and learning motivation (2012, background): “Although research on problem solving in DGBL has been conducted (eg, Dickey, 2007; Robertson & Howells, 2008), its effectiveness in fostering problem solving abilities has not received suf fi cient attention from empirical research.”
• Effects of constructing versus playing an educational game on student motivation and deep learning strategy use (2011, background): “According to Robertson and Howells (2008) making games have the potential to be powerful learning environments.”