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Download full textRincon-Flores, Elvira G.; Mena, Juanjo; López-Camacho, Eunice – Education Sciences, 2022
Gamification is usually understood as a pedagogical strategy that favors student engagement and motivation. Traditionally it is composed of dynamics, mechanics, and components. The purpose of this study was to compare Engineering and Economics and Social Sciences undergraduate students in their performance (grades), motivation, quality of…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation
Belda-Medina, Jose; Calvo-Ferrer, José Ramón – Education Sciences, 2022
There is a good body of literature about digital-game-based language learning (DGBL), but research has mainly focused on students as game players rather than as future educators. This paper reports on a research conducted among 154 teacher candidates at a higher-education institution in Spain regarding the adoption of digital games in education.…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Game Based Learning, Preservice Teachers, Educational Games
Reyes, Encarnación; Gálvez, Jaime C.; Enfedaque, Alejandro – Education Sciences, 2021
This paper presents the experience of a group of Construction and Building Materials lecturers following the introduction of a new contest-based gamification activity aimed at improving interest and learning outcomes in the course. Students' motivation is of key importance in utilizing educational activities for study and learning in the subject.…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Learning Motivation, Active Learning, Cooperative Learning
Hernández-Prados, Mª Ángeles; Belmonte, Mª Luisa; Manzanares-Ruiz, Juan Carlos – Education Sciences, 2021
Notwithstanding the importance and relevance of gamification as a topical methodology in education, and after a literature review, there are just a few studies using role-playing games. In order to motivate and facilitate English as second language (ESL) learning of first year of Bachillerato (year 12) students at a public high school in the…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, High School Students
Ting, Fridolin Sze Thou; Lam, Wai Hung; Shroff, Ronnie Homi – Education Sciences, 2019
Research has demonstrated the positive impact of active learning on students' learning outcomes, particularly in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. However, few studies have explored the impact of active learning via problem-based collaborative games in large mathematics classes in the context of Asian tertiary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Problem Based Learning, College Mathematics
Pombo, Lúcia; Marques, Margarida M. – Education Sciences, 2020
New teaching methodologies are nowadays integrating mobile devices, augmented reality (AR), and game-based learning in educational contexts. The combination of these three elements is considered highly innovative, and it allows learning to move beyond traditional classroom environments to nature spaces that students can physically explore. The…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Simulation, Game Based Learning, Handheld Devices
