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Validity of a Simulation Game as a Method for History Teaching

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  • Pierre Corbeil

    (FPC, Drummondville, Canada, pcorbeil@cdrummond.qc.ca)

  • Dany Laveault

    (University of Ottawa, Canada, dlaveaul@uottawa.ca)

Abstract

The aim of this research is, first, to determine the validity of a simulation game as a method of teaching and an instrument for the development of reasoning and, second, to study the relationship between learning and students’ behavior toward games. The participants were college students in a History of International Relations course, with two groups participating in a simulation game and one serving as a control group. The results show that the experimental groups had higher scores on a test of comprehension and that participants within these two groups who were identified as operating at a level of formal reasoning (as evaluated by an arrangement test) obtained the highest knowledge scores. Learning style was found to be an important variable in explaining motivation toward the game.

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  • Pierre Corbeil & Dany Laveault, 2011. "Validity of a Simulation Game as a Method for History Teaching," Simulation & Gaming, , vol. 42(4), pages 462-475, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:simgam:v:42:y:2011:i:4:p:462-475
    DOI: 10.1177/1046878108325451
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