Title :
The study of motivation and reasoning faculties of game-based learning in elementary school students
Author :
Wang, Hsian-shen ; Tsai, Sung-Nan ; Chou, Chien-Hung ; Hung, Hsing-Ju
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Digital Content & Technol., Nat. Taichung Univ., Taichung, Taiwan
Abstract :
Motivation is a very important factor for elementary school students in learning. Using computer games is one of the very effective ways to increase students´ learning motivation. However, students might focus on gaming activities so much that they ignore the main domain knowledge. This study mainly explored the effect of game based learning (GBL) on motivation and reasoning ability of elementary students. The results show that children get high motivation but not reasoning in GBL. Several suggestions are proposed for the future instructional design in GBL.
Keywords :
cognition; computer aided instruction; computer games; human factors; computer games; elementary school students; game-based learning; motivation; reasoning; Computer science; Computer science education; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Error analysis; Lighting control; Problem-solving; Testing; Game based learning; motivation; problem-solving; reasoning;
Conference_Titel :
Education Technology and Computer (ICETC), 2010 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6367-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICETC.2010.5529554
