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Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. L. S. Vygotsky.

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The article was published on 1978-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 16723 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cognitive development.

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Not just fun, but serious strategies: Using meta-cognitive strategies in game-based learning

TL;DR: The results imply that a commercial game playing in conjunction with meta-cognitive strategies can be an effective way to increase students' performance both in learning and gaming by keeping them involved.
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Game Design and Learning: A Conjectural Analysis of How Massively Multiple Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs) Foster Intrinsic Motivation

TL;DR: An analysis of how the structure in massively multiple online role-playing games might inform the design of interactive learning and game-based learning environments by looking at the elements which support intrinsic motivation.

Paradigm shifts and instructional technology : An introduction

TL;DR: In his well-known essay on the nature of scientific revolutions, Kuhn (1972) theorized that scientific research proceeds through long, relatively stable periods of normal science intermittently punctuated by briefer, more tumultuous times in which new paradigms for research may emerge as discussed by the authors.
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Fostering collaborative knowledge construction with visualization tools

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the extent to which collaborative knowledge construction can be fostered by providing students with visualization tools as structural support, and found that dyads under that condition referred to more adequate concepts, risked more conflicts, and were more successful in integrating prior knowledge into the collaborative solution.
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Mathematics Education for Young Children: What It is and How to Promote It

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the content and components of early childhood mathematics education and concluded that the content of mathematics for young children is wide-ranging (number and operations, shape, space, measurement, and pattern) and sometimes abstract.