Adding self-explanation prompts to an educational computer game

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Highlights：

• Taught fraction arithmetic to school children in a computer game called Save Patch.

• Answering focused self-explanation prompts during the game improved game play.

• Answering other self-explanation prompts during the game did not improve game play.

• Game play is improved by some kinds of self-explanation prompts and hurt by others.

摘要

•Taught fraction arithmetic to school children in a computer game called Save Patch.•Answering focused self-explanation prompts during the game improved game play.•Answering other self-explanation prompts during the game did not improve game play.•Game play is improved by some kinds of self-explanation prompts and hurt by others.

论文关键词：Educational games,Computer games,Self-explanation,Fractions

论文评审过程：Available online 22 August 2013.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2013.07.025