%0 Journal Article %1 egenfeldt2006overview %A Egenfeldt-Nielsen, S. %D 2006 %J Digital Kompetanse %K educational games haifa-games-course introduction overview research %N 3 %P 184--213 %T Overview of research on the educational use of video games %U http://egenfeldt.eu/papers/game-overview.pdf %V 1 %X This paper overviews research on the educational use of video games by examining the viability of the different learning theories in the field, namely behaviorism, cognitivism, constructionism and the socio-cultural approach. In addition, five key tensions that emerge from the current research are examined: 1) Learning vs. playing, 2) freedom vs. control, 3) drill-and-practice games vs. microworlds, 4) transmission vs. construction, 5) teacher intervention vs. no teacher intervention.

@article{egenfeldt2006overview, abstract = {This paper overviews research on the educational use of video games by examining the viability of the different learning theories in the field, namely behaviorism, cognitivism, constructionism and the socio-cultural approach. In addition, five key tensions that emerge from the current research are examined: 1) Learning vs. playing, 2) freedom vs. control, 3) drill-and-practice games vs. microworlds, 4) transmission vs. construction, 5) teacher intervention vs. no teacher intervention.}, added-at = {2010-09-13T16:46:38.000+0200}, author = {Egenfeldt-Nielsen, S.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2abd444736265a3305c516f254f2a5f5a/yish}, interhash = {e1b888b982b65741c7e1f44a1fc55b09}, intrahash = {abd444736265a3305c516f254f2a5f5a}, journal = {Digital Kompetanse}, keywords = {educational games haifa-games-course introduction overview research}, number = 3, pages = {184--213}, timestamp = {2010-09-13T16:46:38.000+0200}, title = {{Overview of research on the educational use of video games}}, url = {http://egenfeldt.eu/papers/game-overview.pdf}, volume = 1, year = 2006 }