Advantages of Evaluating Students by Means of Escape Rooms

Abstract

Traditionally, a wide range of evaluation systems has been used to assess students in academic contexts. However, the adoption of an active learning paradigm allows to employ alternative tools to carry out evaluations, where educational escape rooms take a prominent place. In fact, such escape rooms engage students in a game-like environment where they get embedded. This way, they are faced with a series of tests in order to advance through the path within the escape room so as to finish the escape room as soon as possible with the aim of getting higher marks than their peers.