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Adolescents and adults often seek to improve their vocabulary when preparing for high-stakes tests. We examined the utility of Vocabulary.com for college students preparing to take the Graduate Record Exam. We found the game to be promising for enriching vocabulary knowledge but, at the intensity tested here, it did not improve GRE performance.

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This page is a summary of: Learning While Playing: A Randomized Trial of Serious Games as a Tool for Word Mastery, Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, October 2019, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/2019_lshss-voia-18-0121.
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