Evaluating learners’ motivational and cognitive processing in an online game-based learning environment

• Published in: Computers in human behavior Vol. 27; no. 2; pp. 694 - 704
• Main Author: Huang, Wen-Hao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Cognitive load; Educational psychology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Game-based learning; Mental effort investment; Motivation; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Psychopedagogics. Didactics; Mental effort investment; Cognitive load; Motivation; Game-based learning; Human; On line; Cognition; Mental load; Learning; Video game; Acquisition process; Information processing; Computer assisted teaching

This paper describes the process and results of an evaluation on an online game-based learning environment (GBLE) by focusing on learners’ motivational processing and cognitive processing. The goal is to explore how online GBLE might initiate and support learners’ goal-setting activities and impact...