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More Challenging or More Achievable? The Impacts of Difficulty and Dominant Goal Orientation in Leaderboards within Educational Gamification
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Cao, Yang; Gong, Shao-Ying; Wang, Zhen; Cheng, Yang; Wang, Yan-Qing – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2022
Background: As one of the gamification elements, leaderboard, especially absolute leaderboard, is widely used in educational gamification systems. However, empirical studies on the optimal use condition of the leaderboard and underlying influence mechanisms are deficient. Objectives: This study explored which difficulty was more conducive to…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Difficulty Level, Learning Motivation, Educational Games
The Influences of Contextualized Media on Students' Science Attitudes, Knowledge, and Argumentation Learning through Online Game-Based Activities
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Lin, Yu-Ren – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2018
The present study defined three levels of contextualized media and investigated their influences on students' science attitudes, comprehension, and argumentation. To achieve the purpose, an online game-based science argumentation (OGSA) program was developed for the experiments (N = 148). The OGSA included three versions for student argumentation…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Science Instruction, Persuasive Discourse, Prior Learning
Supporting Executive Functions during Children's Preliteracy Learning with the Computer
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Van de Sande, E.; Segers, E.; Verhoeven, L. – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2016
The present study examined how embedded activities to support executive functions helped children to benefit from a computer intervention that targeted preliteracy skills. Three intervention groups were compared on their preliteracy gains in a randomized controlled trial design: an experimental group that worked with software to stimulate early…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Children, Emergent Literacy, Computer Literacy