Play games or study? Computer games in eBooks to learn English vocabulary

Glenn Gordon Smith; Mimi Li; Jack Drobisz; Ho-Ryong Park; Deoksoon Kim; Stanley Dana Smith

Computers & Education Vol. 69, No. 1 (November 2013) pp. 274–286

This study investigated how Chinese undergraduate college students studying English as a foreign language learned new vocabulary with inference-based computer games embedded in eBooks. The investigators specifically examined (a) the effectiveness of ...

Language: English

Computer Games versus Maps before Reading Stories: Priming Readers' Spatial Situation Models

Glenn Gordon Smith; Dan Majchrzak; Shelley Hayes; Jack Drobisz

Educational Technology & Society Vol. 14, No. 1 (2011) pp. 158–168

The current study investigated how computer games and maps compare as preparation for readers to comprehend and retain spatial relations in text narratives. Readers create situation models of five dimensions: spatial, temporal, causal, goal, and...