In my earlier post, I highlighted how little actual evidence there was that games can deliver transferable learning on the own. This post presents some of the recent work that suggest playing computer games can teach us lots, albeit as a complement to other interventions. There are two kinds of learning one can associate with […]
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Games teach us nothing
There is an unending stream to commentators praising or damning the educational potential of games in equal measure but hard, empirical evidence is still hard to find. I thought I’d write a quick summary of papers for either camp. Those in favour claim that games are “ideal learning environments” and players demonstrate an “innate ability […]