comparative study of effectteveness of three-dimensional and two-dimensional video games on students` problem solving styles

this study has aimed to investigate the effect ofthree-dimensional and two-dimensional video games on problem-solving styles ofstudents. statistic society in this study consisted of persian gulf universitystudents in 2016-2017 academic year. and after notification by theproclamation, 45 students were selected voluntarily. at first all 45 students,completed intelligence test and past the experience of video gamequestionnaire, after matching and based on the  intelligence scores and video gamesexperience, subjects were divided into three groups by random matching. twoexperimental groups were treated for 4 weeks by playing video games(experimental group 1 by three-dimensionalgame and experimental group 2 by two-dimensional game) and in the control groupnobody ran games.  cassidy & longproblem solving style is used as measuring tools. the results showed that theexperimental group 1 and group 2 had significantly higher scores on problemsolving styles and component of helplessness and creativity, compare to thecontrol group. based on this study`s findings, video games can be used as atool for teaching problem-solving skills