Game immersion experience: its hierarchical structure and impact on game-based science learning

Many studies have shown the positive impact of serious educational games (SEGs) on learning outcomes. However, there still exists insufficient research that delves into the impact of immersive experience in the process of gaming on SEG‐based science learning. The dual purpose of this study was to fu...

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Published in:Journal of computer assisted learning 2015-06, Vol.31 (3), p.232-253
Main Authors: Cheng, M.-T., She, H.-C., Annetta, L.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer & video games
Construct Validity
Correlation
Discriminant analysis
Educational Games
Educational Technology
Factor Analysis
immersion
Learning
Questionnaires
Science Achievement
Science activities
Science education
Science Instruction
science learning
serious educational games
Student Attitudes
Teaching Methods
Technology Uses in Education
Test Construction
Test Reliability
Test Validity
Validity
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Summary:Many studies have shown the positive impact of serious educational games (SEGs) on learning outcomes. However, there still exists insufficient research that delves into the impact of immersive experience in the process of gaming on SEG‐based science learning. The dual purpose of this study was to further explore this impact. One purpose was to develop and validate an innovative measurement, the Game Immersion Questionnaire (GIQ), and to further verify the hierarchical structure of game immersion by construct validity approaches, including exploratory factor analysis (EFA) (n = 257) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) (n = 1044). The second purpose was to investigate the impact of game immersion on science learning through SEG play (n = 260). Overall, the results supported the internal structure of the GIQ with good reliability and validity, and the inter factor bivariate correlations for each construct indicated a high internal consistency. Players did learn from playing an SEG, and game immersion experience did lead to higher gaming performance. Moreover, players' gaming performance plays a role in mediating the effect of immersion on science learning outcomes through SEG play. However, as players became more emotionally and subjectively attached to the game, the science learning outcomes were not definitively reliable.
ISSN:0266-4909
1365-2729
DOI:10.1111/jcal.12066