Should Video Games Be Included in the Learning Process?

Alamri, Abdulrahman

doi:10.5296/ije.v8i1.8388

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“…It helps to equip the students with the ability to acknowledge a lesson to be explained and students are aware of the advantages they may face in the future. This is supported by a study by Alamri (2016) where he mentioned that video games offer a chance for learning effectively and students can simply acquire and understand knowledge and perform in the classroom. In this 21 st century, traditional learning styles normally fail to generate students' interest and teachers need to integrate technology in the classroom.…”

Section: Understandmentioning

confidence: 89%

The Use of Edutainment in Promoting Higher Order Thinking Skills in ESL Writing among Malaysian University Students

Stapa¹,

Ibaharim²

2020

AWEJ

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The aim of this article is to investigate the perceptions of university students on the use of edutainment in promoting Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) in English as a second language (ESL) writing. 20 diploma students from Malaysia University of Science & Technology (MUST) participated in this study. This study adopts quantitative research design where a set of questionnaires was distributed to the students. Before answering the questionnaire, the students went through a treatment using edutainment. They had to play an online game downloaded from Play Store. They spent 13 weeks playing the game. At the end of the treatment, they had to sit for the post test. Then they were asked to complete the questionnaire. This study is in bringing positive impact to the society starting from the ministry to the students regarding the importance of the edutainment implementation in classroom teaching. The findings reveal that the students perceived that Edutainment has affected the stimulation of higher order thinking skills in their writing. This suggests that edutainment should be incorporated in the teaching and learning English.

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Section: Understandmentioning

confidence: 89%

The Use of Edutainment in Promoting Higher Order Thinking Skills in ESL Writing among Malaysian University Students

Stapa¹,

Ibaharim²

2020

AWEJ

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“…[14]. This is supported by a shift in the benefits of games which are not only entertaining but are also widely used as learning media [6].…”

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“…Because video games can evoke strong emotional feelings and provide a sense of satisfaction in the learning process [19]. If someone who is learning feels a pleasant experience while learning, then this will make that person motivated to continue learning [6].…”

Section: Motivation Through Gamementioning

confidence: 99%

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Game-based Learning Increase Japanese Language Learning through Video Game

Udjaja¹,

Suri²,

Gunawan³

et al. 2022

IJACSA

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This research was purposed to test the effectiveness of learning the Japanese language through a video game. the video game is built for Personal Computer (PC) users to provide Japanese Language education through video games for teens and adults. The research methods used include literature studies of various books, journals, websites, and theories that can support the writing as well as defining the questions for questionnaires to collect useful data. The development of game application methodology used is Game-Based Learning with Enhanced Learning Experience and Knowledge Transfer (ELEKTRA) methodology, which consists of in-depth analysis of the target audience and learning materials. The effectiveness of video games are evaluated using pre-test and post-test methods. From this researches can be seen that video games are effective to increase the users' knowledge of the Japanese language. also, a video game has the capability to increase the user's interest in learning Japanese because of the visual form of the learning process that leads the user to stay engaged with the learning process.

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“…So that the ability and knowledge of the teacher reflect what the teacher will explain and the learning process. According to [31] noted several barriers and challenges, including lack of technical support, outdated technologies, inability to sustain interest in particular lessons, a lack of opportunities for rigid collaboration structure and short time periods allocated to instruction. The lack of experience and knowledge of ethno-social teachers makes learning that integrates the values of ethno-social knowledge less than optimal.…”

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Etno-social knowledge: How does knowledge of basic school teachers in Indonesia?

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Etnososial is learning that integrates culture and local wisdom into social learning. Indonesia is very rich with a variety of cultures and local wisdom. These cultural values and local wisdom must be used by the teacher as a material and source of learning. So from that, the purpose of this study is to know the ethnosocial knowledge of elementary school teachers and the obstacles in applying it. This research uses quantitative design with survey research design. This study used 30 teachers as respondents. The instruments used were questionnaires and interviews. The results of this study are about the knowledge of ethno-social elementary school teachers in Indonesia in good condition. It is known that the ethno-social knowledge of teachers in Bajubang District is 6.7% included in the very bad category. While 30.0% are in a bad category, 43.3% are in a good category and 20.0% are in the very good category. The teacher applies ethno-social knowledge through various methods, learning strategies, using simple learning media and using the environment as a learning resource. While the obstacles faced by teachers are the ability of different students, media and learning resources that are lacking, lack of knowledge and experience of ethno-social teachers.

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Should Video Games Be Included in the Learning Process?

Cited by 9 publications

References 30 publications

The Use of Edutainment in Promoting Higher Order Thinking Skills in ESL Writing among Malaysian University Students

The Use of Edutainment in Promoting Higher Order Thinking Skills in ESL Writing among Malaysian University Students

Game-based Learning Increase Japanese Language Learning through Video Game

Etno-social knowledge: How does knowledge of basic school teachers in Indonesia?

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