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Do Serious Games Work? Results from Three Studies
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Abstract
The following study may help answer some of the questions now surrounding serious games—or games whose primary purpose is something other than entertainment, such as military training, education, physical therapy—and determine the relationship between the use of video games and learning as measured on standardized tests. More research is needed, but these findings provide some answers to both skeptics and supporters.
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