The Effect of Educational Computer Games on Students' Accuracy and Concentration

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Assistant Professor of Educational Sciences and Counseling Department,, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Assistant Professor of Department of Education,, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

This study  was purposed to investigate the impact of computer games on the accuracy and concentration of eighth-grade female students in Kerman. Semi-experimental research methods and pre-test-post-test design with a control group were used.  The statistical population of the research was all female students in the eighth grade of secondary school in Kerman city in the academic year of 2023-2024, and a sample of 40 people was selected in the form of two classes of 20 people from the society by multi-stage cluster sampling method.  Two Toulouse and Pieron accuracy questionnaires (1911) and Savary & Oraki concentration questionnaires (2015) were used to collect pre-test-post-test information, and computer game software was used as an experimental practice. Data analysis was also done with the statistical method of analysis of covariance and using SPSS19 software. The results showed that computer educational games have been effective in improving the accuracy and concentration of students in the experimental group compared to the control group. Therefore, due to the flexibility of the structure of educational computer games and their non-linear organization, and the motivational features of computer games and the benefit of learning rules and principles such as immediate reinforcement, they can contribute to increasing concentration and accuracy.

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  • Receive Date: 11 September 2024
  • Revise Date: 29 September 2024
  • Accept Date: 28 November 2024
  • First Publish Date: 28 November 2024
  • Publish Date: 23 September 2025

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