The Effects of Educational Video Games on Secondary Students’ Nutritional Beliefs and Knowledge

• In Event: SMT - Gaming the System: From Learning Spaces to Nutritional Knowledge

Short Description

The purpose of the research study was to explore the effects of a nutritional educational video game on high school students’ attention, emotional response, mental imagery, nutritional beliefs, and nutritional knowledge. This quasi-experimental study was based on a nonequivalent control group design. Five sections of a high school health education course represented two groups; treatment and control. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) revealed several significant results. Implications supported by current research literature will be presented.

Authors

• Debra Mitchell, University of West Florida

• Byron Havard, University of West Florida

• Holly Ellis, University of West Florida