Online Interactive Game-Based Learning in High School History Education: Impact on Educational Effectiveness and Student Motivation

Online games have become a part of our modern life. They are especially attractive to children and teenagers. A series of studies also show that e-learning not only triggers users´ intrinsic motivation, but also arouses peer cooperation and coordination. As for underachievers, it boosts their learning motivation and academic performance. So, the research applied Interactive Game-based Learning System (IGLS) to junior high history teaching as an ancillary tool to enhance users´ learning motivation and academic performance. After a four-week experiment conducted on eleven students, the paired sample t test analysis showed considerably impact on experimental group to significance .05. Besides, questionnaires exhibited that IGLS not only magnetized over ninety percent of students´ participation but invigorated their learning will. The research presents positive result on enhancing students´ learning motivation and academic performance.