Using video game play to improve education-majors’ mathematical performance: An experimental study

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Highlights：

• We examined relationship between enhanced attentional capabilities and math performance.

• Action video games were used to enhance attentional and working memory capabilities.

• Education-majors participated in two studies.

• Videogame play improved mental rotation, working memory, and geometry performance.

• Expert AVGers had higher working memory, spatial, and geometry skills than non-gamers.

摘要

•We examined relationship between enhanced attentional capabilities and math performance.•Action video games were used to enhance attentional and working memory capabilities.•Education-majors participated in two studies.•Videogame play improved mental rotation, working memory, and geometry performance.•Expert AVGers had higher working memory, spatial, and geometry skills than non-gamers.

论文关键词：Action video games,Mathematics learning,Spatial abilities,Mathematics anxiety,Working memory

论文评审过程：Received 30 March 2015, Revised 27 June 2015, Accepted 1 July 2015, Available online 7 July 2015, Version of Record 7 July 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.07.001