Preventing cognitive decline via digital inclusion and virtual game management: an intervention study with older adults in the community

Bonilha, Ana Cláudia; Ribeiro, Lemmy Willian; Mapurunga, Marcelo; Demarzo, Marcelo; Ota, Fábio; Andreoni, Solange; Ramos, Luiz Roberto

doi:10.1080/13607863.2023.2258104

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“…The feedback mechanism, practicality, and oral defense were better achieved with technologybased teaching and assessment rather than nontechnological approaches. Digital learning methods such as video games have a high potential to improve learners' cognitive skills [5], however, this brings psychosocial difficulties [11].…”

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Improving Digital Game-based Learning Assessment to Acquire High-Order Thinking Skills Using Bloom’s Taxonomy

Kgosietsile

2023

IJICR

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The 21 st century skills require learners to master high-order thinking skills (HOTS). High-order thinking is a cognitive process that involves a complex understanding of information beyond just memorizing and recalling. It covers complex problem-solving, critical thinking, generating new information, and synthesizing it. Traditional methods are known to induce test anxiety and ignore the learner's thinking processes. This low-order process of memorizing and understanding information is decontextualized and does not lead to deep knowledge. Student assessment should not only be concerned with what students know but rather what they can do with the knowledge they have acquired. These needed skills can be developed and improved through practical models such as game-based learning. Games can ensure HOTS; however, it is uncertain how they assess and evaluate learner performance. Initially, students were given a test before and after game play to gauge how much they knew before and after learning. To assess HOTS we need robust assessment mechanisms embedded within game applications to measure performance throughout gameplay. Therefore, research needs to explore how HOTS is measured in pedagogical games. The ability of games to quantify data for scoring cannot be doubted, however little is known particularly in the context of grading, results analysis, and implementing assessment strategies. Empirical studies are still lacking. We reviewed digital game-based learning assessment's (DGBLA) capacity to evaluate and improve high-order thinking. Authoritative databases were analyzed and compared, Web of Science and Scopus emerged best, giving 32 literature sources. The study found that game assessment structured through Bloom's Taxonomy improves HOTS.

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Improving Digital Game-based Learning Assessment to Acquire High-Order Thinking Skills Using Bloom’s Taxonomy

Kgosietsile

2023

IJICR

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Nested Randomized Controlled Trials in Large Databases: An Opportunity for Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

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Journal of Crohn's and Colitis

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Although randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for investigating the efficacy and safety of interventions, they present major operational challenges due to their complexity, time-consuming nature, and high costs. To address some of these difficulties, RCTs nested in cohorts (RCTsNC) have been developed to enable patient enrolment and randomization from existing databases. RCTsNC is an emerging trial design, which has been successfully utilized across several medical disciplines but not inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). This narrative review outlines the principles of RCTsNC and discusses the numerous advantages it affords for IBD, including harnessing longer-term longitudinal data for safety and efficacy assessment, and enhanced recruitment and follow up processes. Leveraging pre-existing cohorts and their organizational structures improves patient acceptance and is more economical compared to traditional randomized trials. Observational data for IBD, derived from research (cohort and case-control studies) and non-research sources (electronic health records and registries), provides access to comprehensive records for a large number of IBD patients. It permits researchers to address knowledge gaps in IBD where traditional RCTs have had a limited role, such as specific sub-populations typically excluded from pivotal trials, or assessing the effect of environmental exposures on disease course. This review also details caveats of this study design that include the risk of selection bias and constraints related to comparisons with placebo. In conclusion, RCTsNC offers a promising opportunity IBD research given the challenges of the current IBD RCT landscape.

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Preventing cognitive decline via digital inclusion and virtual game management: an intervention study with older adults in the community

Cited by 2 publications

References 34 publications

Improving Digital Game-based Learning Assessment to Acquire High-Order Thinking Skills Using Bloom’s Taxonomy

Improving Digital Game-based Learning Assessment to Acquire High-Order Thinking Skills Using Bloom’s Taxonomy

Nested Randomized Controlled Trials in Large Databases: An Opportunity for Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

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