A Systematic Evaluation of Game Elements Effects on Students' Motivation

Autor/inn/en	Leitão, Rui; Maguire, Martin; Turner, Sarah; Guimarães, Laura
Titel	A Systematic Evaluation of Game Elements Effects on Students' Motivation
Quelle	In: Education and Information Technologies, 27 (2022) 1, S.1081-1103 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Leitão, Rui)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2357
DOI	10.1007/s10639-021-10651-8
Schlagwörter	Literature Reviews; Game Based Learning; Student Motivation; Environmental Education; Learner Engagement; Oceanography; Secondary School Students; Foreign Countries; Portugal; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulische Motivation; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Ozeanografie; Sekundarschüler; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	Motivation theory is indispensable when discussing processes of learning. Learners who are motivated can learn almost everything. Students' motivation is probably one of the most important factors for teacher effectiveness both for engagement in the learning process and high academic performance. To have effective environmental education, it is not only necessary to inform the public about the ocean but also to involve and engage them is essential. Motivation and engagement are some of the most commonly mentioned concepts in gamification, thus, a gamified application seems to have the necessary features to improve the motivation of students in the learning context of Ocean Literacy topics. The main aims of this work were: i) to understand through a systematic evaluation, how game elements affect the different motivation layers; and ii) to compare them in terms of enhancing the motivation to recycle among secondary school students (11-14 years). To measure students' motivation, a pre-test and a post-test using a recycling situational motivation survey were administered in a classroom environment in Portugal and the UK. Findings show a trend regarding the effect of game elements mainly on the most autonomous forms of motivation. The different game elements, each one with different degrees of effects, were shown to have potential to increase motivation. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01