Cognitika blog https://cognitika.com/blog/ Articles on how games that teach are designed, what the research establishes and how we work. en-gb Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Evidence of Educational Game Design https://cognitika.com/blog/evidence-of-educative-game-design/ https://cognitika.com/blog/evidence-of-educative-game-design/ Six in ten learners do better with an educational game, eight in ten with a well-designed simulation. What the research shows about why, in seven design decisions. Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Evidence of Educational Game Design How large is a learning game’s effect, really? https://cognitika.com/blog/how-large-is-the-effect/ https://cognitika.com/blog/how-large-is-the-effect/ What an effect size means, why simulation training measures three times larger than educational games on average, and how to tell whether a big number rests on a big study. Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Evidence of Educational Game Design Four design decisions that make a game teach https://cognitika.com/blog/four-principles-that-make-a-game-teach/ https://cognitika.com/blog/four-principles-that-make-a-game-teach/ The design core: why the learning has to be the progression mechanism, what makes feedback work, how to set difficulty, and why spaced practice suits games natively. Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Evidence of Educational Game Design Choosing the right format for a learning game https://cognitika.com/blog/choosing-a-format/ https://cognitika.com/blog/choosing-a-format/ Neither hardware nor game elements predict whether an educational game works. Task-technology fit does. What that means for extended reality, mobile, and tabletop. Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Evidence of Educational Game Design What happens after a learning game ends https://cognitika.com/blog/what-happens-after-the-game/ https://cognitika.com/blog/what-happens-after-the-game/ A debrief improves outcomes by roughly 20 to 25 per cent over none at all, and structure widens the gap further. What that evidence supports, and what it does not. Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Evidence of Educational Game Design How to tell whether a game teaches https://cognitika.com/blog/how-to-tell-whether-a-game-teaches/ https://cognitika.com/blog/how-to-tell-whether-a-game-teaches/ Playtesting is formative evaluation. What that means for how an educational game should be tested during development, and why the test group has to include the target learners. Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Evidence of Educational Game Design