Youth science identity, science learning, and gaming experiences

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Highlights：

• Preference for and competence in problem-solving predicted science understanding.

• Preference for science-related features predicted teens’ science understanding.

• Teens with a stronger science identity negatively evaluated their gaming groups.

• Competence in games with science-related features predicted science identity.

• Science games may reinforce self-efficacy and competence in scientific reasoning.

摘要

•Preference for and competence in problem-solving predicted science understanding.•Preference for science-related features predicted teens’ science understanding.•Teens with a stronger science identity negatively evaluated their gaming groups.•Competence in games with science-related features predicted science identity.•Science games may reinforce self-efficacy and competence in scientific reasoning.

论文关键词：Identity,Video games,Gaming,Science learning,Education,Teens

论文评审过程：Available online 20 November 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.09.048