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Shooter games show positive cognitive effects.
Strategy Games show increased grades and problem solving
MMporgs show increased civic involvement.
All games fit Dweck's 'growth mindset' and encourage emotional regulation.

RESEARCH THROUGH SRI

• Two studies paid for by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• One looked for differences in STEM instruction with digital simulations and without
• The other looked at gaming in instruction generally
• FYI: Effect size of 1.00 = moving student one standard deviation or 50th to 84th percentile

DIGITAL SIMULATION IN STEM

• Academic achievement = +0.62
• Scientific Inquiry and Reasoning Skills = +0.26
• Non-Cognitive Outcomes = +0.69
• All in favor of digital simulations

GAMING IN INSTRUCTION IN GENERAL

• Students with games = +.33
• Games modified for class better than COTS games by+0.37
• 1 game session vs no game = no change
• Longer play better than a single session

MORE FINDINGS

• Collaborative vs single player = no difference
• Non-Narrative games appear better than narrative games
• More frequent sessions appear to benefit memory of skills

SOURCES

• http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/amp-a0034857.pdf
• https://www.sri.com/sites/default/files/publications/simulations-for-stem-l...
• https://www.sri.com/sites/default/files/publications/digital-games-design-a...