A Gaming Frame of Mind: Digital Contexts and Academic Implications

Autor/in	Abrams, Sandra S.
Titel	A Gaming Frame of Mind: Digital Contexts and Academic Implications
Quelle	In: Educational Media International, 46 (2009) 4, S.335-347 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-3987
Schlagwörter	Video Games; Teaching Methods; Case Studies; Grade 11; Males; Secondary School Students; Low Achievement; Academic Achievement; Educational Technology; Relevance (Education); Literacy; Student Motivation; Student Attitudes; High School Students; New Jersey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Sekundarschüler; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Schulleistung; Unterrichtsmedien; Relevance; Relevanz; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Schulische Motivation; Schülerverhalten; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	When considering the interdisciplinary nature of education, researchers need to acknowledge students' traditional and multimodal literacies and learning environments. Technological changes have brought about new learning spaces and what students learn through their video gaming experiences seems to have important academic implications and applications. This article presents data from three case studies of academically struggling 11th-grade male video gamers, revealing the academic affordances of the participants' video game playing; the students developed a schema for academic material from their video game playing, fostering meaningful connections to classroom material. Overall, this paper reveals how the virtual gaming environment enabled three gamers to contextualize academic information, thereby making the material personally relevant. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10