News Finding: A game that combined real-world experiments with interactions on a computer tablet improved learning by almost five times more than screen-only alternatives.
Paper Finding: Another student cited that she thought this was like the next version of smart boards.
News Context: A game that combined real-world experiments with interactions on a computer tablet improved learning by almost five times more than screen-only alternatives. The final analysis shows that the mixed-reality game improved learning by almost five times more than the screen-only alternatives, both in the mouse-controlled and physically controlled conditions. Not only that, but students enjoyed the game more in the mixed-reality conditions.
Paper Context: Another girl said: "I never thought something we do at school could be so much fun", while another stated: "I wish all our science classes were fun like this." Another student cited that she thought this was like the next version of smart boards. Many kids made comments indicating that the experience of seeing what actually happens in real life was better than having a computer tell them what is going to happen, which suggests that observing physical phenomena in the real world might be more believable, leading to more learning.