La propuesta de investigación bajo el título, Exploring the benefits and meanings of educating with video-games in a Puerto Rican public school classroom, sometida por dos integrantes del SPMI, la Dra. Nicole Vélez y el Dr. Alfredo Rivas, ha sido aprobada por el Consejo de Educación Superior de PR. Abstract: Implementation of videogames in school classrooms has gained attention in recent years because of increase of videogame use among children and youth and research on the educational benefits of videogames. Regardless, the implementation of videogames in classrooms can present a challenge to policy makers. In Puerto Rico, there is no data on evaluating the implementation of videogames in classrooms. As part of a first step towards this goal, and guided by the framework of evaluating new technologies proposed by Margolis and colleuges (2006) and Vygotsky’s historical-cultural perspective, the proposed study will explore the benefits and meanings of implementing videogames in a public school classroom using mixed-methods with a multidimensional approach. Both quantitative and qualitative approaches will be used to study the implementation of an educational videogame in a group of sixth-grade public school students as part of an English class. Students will be assessed quantitatively for learning outcomes, as well as in attitudes towards learning with videogames. Students, teachers and school director will also be part of a qualitative inquiry to explore meanings of implementing videogames in classrooms.
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