Can Video Games Change Attitudes towards History? Results from a Laboratory Experiment Measuring Short- and Long-Term Effects

Autor/inn/en	Kolek, Lukáš; Šisler, Vít; Martinková, Patrícia; Brom, Cyril
Titel	Can Video Games Change Attitudes towards History? Results from a Laboratory Experiment Measuring Short- and Long-Term Effects
Quelle	In: Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 37 (2021) 5, S.1348-1369 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kolek, Lukáš) ORCID (Šisler, Vít) ORCID (Martinková, Patrícia) ORCID (Brom, Cyril)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-4909
DOI	10.1111/jcal.12575
Schlagwörter	Video Games; Technology Uses in Education; Attitude Change; History Instruction; Educational Games; Foreign Countries; War; World History; Young Adults; Czechoslovakia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Educational game; Lernspiel; Ausland; Krieg; Weltgeschichte; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Tschechoslowakei
Abstract	This study investigates a video game's effects on implicit and explicit attitudes towards depicted historical events in the short- and long-term on a sample of 148 young adults. We used, as an intervention tool, a serious game "Czechoslovakia 38-89: Borderlands" that deals with the expulsion of the Sudeten Germans from the former Czechoslovakia after the WWII. Results showed more negative pretest-posttest explicit attitude changes towards the expulsion on a general level (d = -0.34) and a specific level (d = -0.53) compared to the control group. Over the long-term, group differences in attitude change remained significant for the specific level (d = -0.44), but not for general one (d = -0.16). Exploratory analysis on the item level indicated that especially attitudes towards the expulsion's (un)fairness were affected by the game. However, no significant changes were found in implicit attitudes in the experimental group. This study is the first of such scale to empirically investigate video games' effects on a society's historical awareness. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01