Increasing the effectiveness of digital educational games: The effects of a learning instruction on students’ learning, motivation and cognitive load
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Highlights：
• Playing increased students’ knowledge on the historical theme.
• Learning instructions are not recommended for learning with educational games.
• An extrinsic learning instruction increased extraneous cognitive load.
• The learning outcome was higher if students played just for fun.
摘要
•Playing increased students’ knowledge on the historical theme.•Learning instructions are not recommended for learning with educational games.•An extrinsic learning instruction increased extraneous cognitive load.•The learning outcome was higher if students played just for fun.
论文关键词：Digital educational games,Intrinsic motivation,Cognitive load,Instructional design
论文评审过程：Received 9 September 2016, Revised 20 January 2017, Accepted 22 January 2017, Available online 23 January 2017, Version of Record 20 February 2017.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.01.040
