The Effect of Educational Computer Games on Students’ Social Skill and Their Educational Achievement
The aim of this semi experimental research was to study the effect of educational computer games on students’ social skills and their educational progress. To this end, sixty students of 5th grade were selected from a primary school. They were randomly assigned in control and experimental groups. Th...
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| description | The aim of this semi experimental research was to study the effect of educational computer games on students’ social skills and their educational progress. To this end, sixty students of 5th grade were selected from a primary school. They were randomly assigned in control and experimental groups. The experiment group spends sixty sessions of 45 minutes playing computer game for two months. The covariance results showed that computer games do not increase cooperation and expression variables in a meaningful way, but significant increase for dependent variables such as empathy about 10.2, self-control 8.2, in general social skills about 13.8 and educational achievement the effect was about 84.2. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b492e12603ba4e95b16e1f84ccb408942022-12-21T22:30:19ZfasShahid Rajaee Teacher Training University (SRTTU)Fanāvarī-i āmūzish2008-04412345-54622013-06-017318519310.22061/tej.2013.154154The Effect of Educational Computer Games on Students’ Social Skill and Their Educational AchievementM. Atashak0B. Baradaran1M. Ahmadvand2Science, Technology and Administration Planning Group, Regional Planning and Development Affairs, Vice President for Strategic Planning and Oversight, Tehran, Iranمعاون آموزشی دبستان پسرانه مطهر منطقه 11 ،آموزش و پرورش تهران،ایرانFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Islamic Azad University, South Tehran Branch, Tehran, IranThe aim of this semi experimental research was to study the effect of educational computer games on students’ social skills and their educational progress. To this end, sixty students of 5th grade were selected from a primary school. They were randomly assigned in control and experimental groups. The experiment group spends sixty sessions of 45 minutes playing computer game for two months. The covariance results showed that computer games do not increase cooperation and expression variables in a meaningful way, but significant increase for dependent variables such as empathy about 10.2, self-control 8.2, in general social skills about 13.8 and educational achievement the effect was about 84.2.https://jte.sru.ac.ir/article_154_4897d6670700ead1d0038828fafd7d59.pdfeducational computer gamesself controlempathysocial skillseducational achievement |
| spellingShingle | M. Atashak B. Baradaran M. Ahmadvand The Effect of Educational Computer Games on Students’ Social Skill and Their Educational Achievement Fanāvarī-i āmūzish educational computer games self control empathy social skills educational achievement |
| title | The Effect of Educational Computer Games on Students’ Social Skill and Their Educational Achievement |
| title_full | The Effect of Educational Computer Games on Students’ Social Skill and Their Educational Achievement |
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| title_short | The Effect of Educational Computer Games on Students’ Social Skill and Their Educational Achievement |
| title_sort | effect of educational computer games on students social skill and their educational achievement |
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