Research on Educational Impact of Games A Literature Review
Published October 11th, 2009
Category Research
By Jan L Plass , Andy Phelps and Tsu Ting Huang
Topics gaming, learning, Literature review,
Gaming Literature Coding
In response to researchers’ calls for more systematic investigations of the use of games for learning, we conducted an extensive literature review on this topic. By surveying prior research, we examined the themes that emerged, the methodology employed, and the findings yielded, the ultimate goal being to identify knowledge gaps in the literature. To this end, we reviewed the relevant research conducted in the last 15 years by following the procedures outlined below.