检查教育计算机游戏对老年人学习的影响使用生物化学视频游戏Folditit
Menglong Cong1, Ariana Cohn2, Carolyn Black3
1Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA.
概括
与传统方法相比,玩公民科学游戏Foldit显著改善了老年人的学习成果. 这种引人入胜的方法增强了科学教育和老年人的认知功能.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 生物化学教育教育 生物化学教育
- 公民科学 公民科学
背景情况:
- 终身学习和教育对于健康的衰老至关重要,对老年人的生活质量和认知产生积极影响.
- 像Foldit这样的公民科学游戏,在包括老年人在内的各种年龄段提供了独特的教育潜力.
- Foldit是一款免费的学术公民科学视频游戏,旨在帮助解决生物化学问题.
研究的目的:
- 检查玩Foldit对老年人的学习和认知结果的有效性.
- 评估Foldit作为老年人科学学习教育工具的潜力.
主要方法:
- 采用了一种随机对照试验,采用一种解释性的混合方法方法.
- 参与者 (54-81岁) 被随机分配到Foldit学习组或传统学习组.
- 通过测试前和后的生物化学评估和认知症状跟踪,通过对Foldit组进行定性采访来评估学习和认知投诉.
主要成果:
- 与使用传统学习方法的玩家相比,Foldit玩家表现出明显改善的学习成果.
- 定性数据表明,Foldit是生物化学学习的支持工具,并通过其类似游戏的性质增强了参与度.
- 由于Foldit的交互式游戏格式,参与者发现学习过程令人愉快.
结论:
- Foldit是一种有效的教育工具,用于支持老年人学习科学.
- 该研究为开发针对老年人量身定制的新型教育游戏选择提供了路线图.
- 学到的经验教训为Foldit在教育环境和科学宣传中的实际应用提供了洞察力.
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