Video Games as Performance Assessments: How Executive Functioning Influences the Learning Process

• In Event: Poster Session 12
  In Poster Session: Research on Games Poster Session

Abstract

Abstract
Previous research has often focused on answering the question of “if” video games can improve learning outcomes instead of answering the question of “how” within-game learning occurs, and “why” some gamers learn differently than others. The current study sought to help bridge that gap. The results from the current study suggest that as the gameplay unfolds, repeated exposure to the game allows players to build a more robust mental model leading to summative outcomes of success. Moreover, individual differences in executive functioning appear to affect formative in-game actions that are critical to overall success.

Authors

• Michael McCreery, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

• Catherine Bacos, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

• Jeffrey Robert Laferriere, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

• S. Kathleen Krach, Florida State University