News Finding: They also determined that simple physical controls like shaking the tablet or pushing the earthquake button did little to improve either learning or enjoyment of the game.
Paper Finding: There was no effect of control type and no interaction effects.
News Context: Not only that, but students enjoyed the game more in the mixed-reality conditions. They also determined that simple physical controls like shaking the tablet or pushing the earthquake button did little to improve either learning or enjoyment of the game. "Mixed-reality games that support physical observation in the real world have a great potential to enhance learning and enjoyment for young children," the researchers say.
Paper Context: The average score on the posttests (both the prediction and explanation items) was 45% across the mixed-reality conditions and 39% across the virtual conditions. There was no effect of control type and no interaction effects. These results show that mixed-reality led to more learning than screen only, for both the mousecontrol and physical-control conditions ( Figure 10 ).