Video gameplay, personality and academic performance

Matthew Ventura; Valerie Shute; Yoon Jeon Kim

Computers & Education Vol. 58, No. 4 (May 2012) pp. 1260–1266

The relationship between video gameplay, video game genre preference, personality, and GPA was investigated in an online correlational study with university students. In addition to administering self-report measures of GPA and personality, we asked ...

Language: English

Assessment and Learning of Qualitative Physics in Newton's Playground

Valerie J. Shute; Matthew Ventura; Yoon Jeon Kim

Journal of Educational Research Vol. 106, No. 6 (2013) pp. 423–430

Digital games are very popular in modern culture. The authors are examining ways to leverage these engaging environments to assess and support student competencies. The authors examine gameplay and learning using a physics game they developed called ...