Persistence in a Game-Based Learning Environment: The Case of Elementary School Students Learning Computational Thinking

Autor/inn/en	Israel-Fishelson, Rotem; Hershkovitz, Arnon
Titel	Persistence in a Game-Based Learning Environment: The Case of Elementary School Students Learning Computational Thinking
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Computing Research, 58 (2020) 5, S.891-918 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Israel-Fishelson, Rotem) ORCID (Hershkovitz, Arnon)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0735-6331
DOI	10.1177/0735633119887187
Schlagwörter	Game Based Learning; Elementary School Students; Thinking Skills; Persistence; Problem Solving; Computer Games; Difficulty Level; Learning Analytics; Programming; Concept Formation; Age Differences; Foreign Countries; Instructional Program Divisions; Children; Efficiency; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Denkfähigkeit; Ausdauer; Problemlösen; Computer game; Computerspiel; Computerspiele; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Programmierung; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad
Abstract	Persistence has proven to be a great challenge in online learning environments. Gaming and interactivity have been suggested as essential features in reducing dropout and increasing persistence in online learning. Yet in interactive game-based learning environments, persistence in moving forward in the game may come at the expense of investing in each of the game's levels. That is, the motivation to complete the game may have a deleterious effect on learning at specific levels and hence on learning from the game in general. Therefore, we have chosen to focus on microlevel persistence (i.e., persistence during each component of the learning process). We study microlevel persistence in the context of acquiring computational thinking--the thought process of solving problems through abstraction--which is a key component of the new literacies needed for tomorrow's citizens. In this study, we analyze data collected from an online, game-based learning environment (CodeMonkey™). The data document the activity of first to sixth graders (N = 2,040). Overall, we find that persistence is positively associated with difficulty and that the most determined learners were highly persistent across topics in achieving the best solution. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01