Gaming / simulations

Overview

Influence: Gaming / simulations
Domain: Technology, School, and Out-of-School Strategies
Sub-Domain: Technology
Potential to Accelerate Student Achievement: Potential to accelerate
Influence Definition: The use of games or simulations to augment or replace traditional teaching.

Evidence

Number of meta-analyses: 36
Number of studies: 1,953
Number of students: 162,283
Number of effects: 3,248
Effect size: 0.41

Meta-Analyses

Meta-Analyses
Journal Title	Author	First Author's Country	Article Name	Year Published	Variable	Number of Studies	Number of Students	Number of Effects	Effect Size
Journal of Educational Research	Dekkers & Donatti	Australia	The integration of research studies on the use of simulation as an instructional strategy	1981	Simulations and achievement	93	0	93	0.33
Psychological Reports	Remmer & Jernstedt		Comparative effectiveness of simulation games in secondary and college level instruction: A meta-analysis.	1982	Computer simulations	21	0	21	0.20
Unpublished Thesis	Szczurek	USA	Meta-analysis of simulation games effectiveness for cognitive learning	1982	Simulation games	58	0	58	0.33
Theory and Research in Social Education	VanSickle	USA	A quantitative review of research on instructional simulation gaming: A twenty-year perspective	1986	Instructional simulation gaming	42	0	42	0.43
Unpublished Thesis	Lee	USA	The effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction and computer programming in elementary and secondary mathematics: A meta-analysis.	1990	Simulations on achievement	19	0	34	0.28
Unpublished Thesis	Armstrong	USA	Computer-Based Simulations in Learning Environments: A Meta-Analysis of Outcomes	1991	Computers and simulations and games	43	0	43	0.29
Conference Paper	McKenna	USA	Animation, Simulation and Virtual Reality.	1991	Simulations in economics	26	0	118	0.38
International Journal of Instructional Media	Lee	USA	Effectiveness of Computer-Based Instructional Simulation: A Meta-Analysis	1999	Computer simulations	19	0	19	0.40
Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Psychology and Learning (ICEPL-2018)	Alvarez-Montero	Mexico	The Instrumental Approach and Academic Achievement in Mathematics: A Systematic Review, Reliability Evaluation and Meta-analysis.	2018	Instrumental approach	21	0	21	0.26
Unpublished Thesis	Osenbach	USA	Video Games in Education: A Meta-analysis	2011	Video games	23	6,139	31	0.48
Perspectives on Psychological Science	Ferguson	USA	Do Angry Birds Make Angry Children? A Meta-Analysis of Video Game Influences on Children's and Adolescents' Aggression, Mental Health, Prosocial Behavior, and Academic Performance	2015	Video game exposure	101	106,070	12	-0.01
Personnel Psychology	Sitzmann & Ely	USA	A meta-analytic examination of the instructional effectiveness of computer-based simulation games.	2011	Computer simulations	65	4,518	68	0.30
British Journal of Educational Technology	Chiu, Kao, & Reynolds	Taiwan	The relative effectiveness of digital game-based learning types in English as a foreign language setting: A meta-analysis	2012	Digital games in ESL	14	0	14	0.67
School Science and Mathematics	Byun & Joung	USA	Digital game-based learning for K–12 mathematics education: A meta-analysis	2017	Digital games in math	17	0	17	0.37
JAMA	Cook, Hatala, Brydges, Zendejas, Szostek, Wang, Erwin, & Hatala	USA	Technology-enhanced simulation for health professions education: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2013	Design features in simulations	289	1,762	289	0.12
Psychological Bulletin	Sala, Tatlidil, & Gobet	UK	Video game training does not enhance cognitive ability: A comprehensive meta-analytic investigation	2017	Video game skill and cognitive ability	66	8,141	315	0.14
Psychological Bulletin	Sala, Tatlidil, & Gobet	UK	Video game training does not enhance cognitive ability: A comprehensive meta-analytic investigation	2017	Video game and non video game players	63	3,286	359	0.33
Medication Education in Review	Cheng, Eppich, Grant, Sherbino, Zendejas, & Cook	Canada	Debriefing for technology-enhanced simulation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	2014	Debriefing after simulations	177	11,511	177	-0.01
Annual Rev. of Psychology	Wouter & van Oostendorp	Netherlands	Evaluation research: a methodological perspective.	2013	Instructional support in game learning	29	3,675	107	0.34
Korean Academic Society of Nursing Education	Kim, Park, & Shin	Korea	Systematic review of Korean studies on simulation within nursing education.	2016	Simulation based systems	40	0	40	0.70
Review of Educational Research: SRI International	Clark, Tanner-Smith, & Killingsworth	Australia	Digital Games, Design, and Learning: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	2016	Digital games in ESL	57	0	209	0.33
Psychological Bulletin	Bediou, Adams, Mayer, Tipton, Green, & Bavelier	USA	Meta-analysis of action video game impact on perceptual, attentional, and cognitive skills.	2017	Action video games	116	0	309	0.55
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	Tokac, Novak, & Thompson		Effects of game-based learning on students' mathematics achievement: A meta-analysis	2016	Video games on math	13	0	13	0.26
SRI International	D'Angelo, Rutstein, Harris, Bernard, Borokhovski, & Haeterl		Simulations for STEM learning: Systematic review and meta-analysis	2013	Simulations in STEM	40	0	36	0.67
	Lee & Cho			2016	Video games on math	17	0	27	0.20
Journal of Educational Psychology	Wouters, van Nimwegen, van der Spek, & van Oostendorp	Netherlands	A Meta-Analysis of the Cognitive and Motivational Effects of Serious Games	2013	Serious games on learning	77	5,547	77	0.29
Computers & Education	Merchant, Goetz, Cifuentes, Keeney-Kennicutt, & Davis	USA	Effectiveness of Virtual Reality-Based Instruction on Students' Learning Outcomes in K-12 and Higher Education: A Meta-Analysis	2014	Virtual reality based gaming	69	8,432	69	0.47
International Journal of Engineering, Science, and Mathematics	Madu, Okwundu, Eze	Nigeria	Meta-analysis of research findings of research findings on effect of games on secondary school students' mathematics achievement in Nigeria.	2016	Games in math	26	0	26	0.48
Educational Research Review	Bai, Hew, & Huang	China	Does gamification improve student learning outcome? Evidence from a meta-analysis and synthesis of qualitative data in educational contexts	2020	Gamification	24	3,202	30	0.50
International Journal of Instruction	Fadhli, Brick, Setyosari, Ulfa, & Kuswandi	Indonesia	A Meta-Analysis of Selected Studies on the Effectiveness of Gamification Method for Children.	2019	Gamification	6	0	6	1.01
Review of Educational Research	Chernikova, Heitzmann, Stadler, Holzberger, Seidel & Fischer	Germany	Simulation-based learning in higher education: A meta-analysis.	2020	Simulation based learning	128	0	409	0.85
Unpublished Thesis	Okeke	USA	The impact of digital games on high school students' academic achievement in mathematics education: A meta-analytic investigation	2016	Games in math	6	0	6	0.43
Computers in Human Behavior	Lamb, Annetta, Firestone, & Etopio	USA	A meta-analysis with examination of moderators of student cognition, affect, and learning outcomes while using serious educational games, serious games, and simulations.	2018	Games and simulations	46	0	46	0.67
Interactive Learning Environments	Yildirim & Sen	Turkey	The effects of gamification on students' academic achievement: A meta-analysis study	2019	Gamification	40	0	45	0.38
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning	Tsai & Tsai	Taiwan	A meta-analysis of research on digital game-based science learning	2019	Gamification	14	0	14	0.65
Open Education	Duan	China	Effect of educational games on students' academic achievement: A meta-analysis of 48 Experimental and Quasi-experimental Studies.	2017	Gamification	48	0	48	0.56
TOTAL/AVERAGE						1,953	162,283	3,248	0.41

Confidence

The Confidence is the average of these four measures, each divided into five approximately equal groups and assigned a value from 1 to 5 based on the following criteria:

Number of Meta-analyses
- 1 = 1
- 2 = 2–3
- 3 = 4–6
- 4 = 7–9
- 5 = 10+
Number of Studies
- 1 = 1–10
- 2 = 11–50
- 3 = 51–200
- 4 = 201–400
- 5 = 400+
Number of Students
- 1 = 1–2,500
- 2 = 2,501–10,000
- 3 = 10,000–20,000
- 4 = 20,000–100,000
- 5 = 100,001+
Number of Effects
- 1 = 1–100
- 2 = 101–300
- 3 = 301–600
- 4 = 601–1,200
- 5 = 1,200+

Confidences
	Number of Meta-Analyses	Number of Studies	Number of Students	Number of Effects	Overall Confidence
Confidence Factor	5	5	5	5	5