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Direct linkHo, Jana Chi-San; Hung, Yu-Sheng; Kwan, Letty Y.-Y. – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
This study is a meta-analytical study that examines the effectiveness of gamification in learning performance in educational settings (n = 29; year-span = 2011-2019). Specifically, it aimed to investigate (a) whether gamification could improve learning performance, and (b) whether peer interaction (i.e., peer competition and peer collaboration)…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Competition, Game Based Learning, Instructional Effectiveness
Download full textYaccob, Nur Syafiqah; Rahman, Siti Fatimah Abd.; Mohamad, Syamsul Nor Azlan; Rahim, Azwin Arif Abdul; Rashid, Khadijah Khalilah Abdul; Aldaba, Abdulmajid Mohammed Abdulwahab; Yunus, Melor Md; Hashim, Harwati – Arab World English Journal, 2022
Modern trends lead to innovative technologies in education, including the birth of digital and gamified learning or gamification. In English language classrooms, meaningful teaching and learning are significant to developing students' English proficiency, focusing on linguistics and communicative competence. Various language activities and games…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Game Based Learning, Educational Games
Luo, Zhanni – Education and Information Technologies, 2022
Gamification refers to the use of game-design elements or mechanisms in non-game contexts to promote the expected behaviours. Though theoretically promising, empirical studies reported mixed results as to the effectiveness of gamification in educational practices. To understand this issue better, this author selected 44 articles on the topic of…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Program Effectiveness, Educational Games, Computer Games
Pinelopi Krystalli; Panayiotis Arvanitis – European Journal of Education (EJED), 2024
Digital games and related technologies are increasingly transcending their traditional boundaries, as evidenced by the expanding field of serious and pervasive games. The concept of "gamification" represents the latest phase in this evolution, referring to the integration of game-like elements into nongame contexts to enhance user…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Games
Chen, Ching-Huei; Shih, Chun-Chao; Law, Victor – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
Digital game-based learning (DGBL) is known to be widely used for improving learning in various fields. Among the elements of DGBL, competition has been very controversial. This meta-analysis, which included 25 articles written between 2008 and 2019, revealed that DGBL has produced improvements for learning outcomes with an overall effect size of…
Descriptors: Competition, Video Games, Computer Games, Game Based Learning
Cynthia Cipriano Bullard – Journal of Interdisciplinary Teacher Leadership, 2016
The terms gamification and game-based learning (GBL) are sometimes used interchangeably, but they are not the same. GBL combines video games with educational concepts that allow students to apply their knowledge in an augmented reality (Cheng, Kuo, Lou & Shih, 2012), while gamification is defined as a process: "using game thinking and…
Descriptors: Gamification, Game Based Learning, Differences, Motivation
