ممارسة الألعاب الإلكترونية الافتراضية: لعبة Minecraft نموذجا: ودورها في تنمية القدرة على الإدراك المكاني (الفضاء)‎ عند تلاميذ المرحلة الثانوية

الملخص EN

The objective of the current study was to discover the scope of the contribution of electronic games in developing the spatial perception ability in high school pupils, according to the various variables, such as gender, the pupil’s achievement, and the field of study, that is; literary, science, and mathematics majors.

the sample of high school pupils was chosen at random, including the first, second and third grades.

the total was seventy (73) pupils.

in order to verify the study hypotheses, we administered the spatial ability test Bordeaux which is known among the most known tests in high validity and reliability.

the results revealed that there is a correlation between the spatial perception ability and the practice of electronic games, particularly the Minecraft game.

furthermore, the results showed the existence of differences between literary and scientific majors, in favor of scientific one.

as for literary and mathematics, it was in favor of mathematics major.

regarding gender variables, the results revealed no difference between boys and girls in spatial ability and practicing electronic games.