1. EVALUATIVE INDICATORS
FOR EDUCATIONAL
COMPUTER GAMES
Eric Zhi Feng Liu, Chun Hung Lin
9 May 2008
presented by: Bernadine Jacinto

2. ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
- Can educational games improve student learning?
- Are there evaluative indicators that can help teachers or
parents select games that are suitable for their students or
children, respectively?

3. entertain change enable skill
instruct
attitudes development
The efficacy of student learning can be
improved by designing educational
computer games appropriately
EDUCATIONAL GAMES =
PRACTICE + MOTIVATION

4. Different elements come in to play
when we talk about educational
computer games. What is
important is that these elements
go together to create a
challenging, interesting, and user-
friendly environment because it is
this environment that determines
the educational effectiveness of a
game.