Evaluation of the impact of gamification on students’ performance and engagement in manufacturing engineering courses

Abstract

In engineering courses with a large number of students, fail and dropout rates are usually high even in courses that can be expected to be interesting to the students. Gamification tools have arisen as an interesting way to motivate the students for a real continuous assessment, increasing the student’s attendance and performance. In this paper, a gamification approach based on a Kahoot tool, Moodle activities, and commemorative badges is proposed within a manufacturing course. The designed activities let the students compete among themselves to get the maximum number of points, which will be converted into extra grades that are added to the final exam grade. The gamification experience has been proven to be highly positive according to students’ and instructors’ perceptions, and the average increase of pass rate and course attendance with respect to previous years have increased from 22% to 34% and from 38% to 66%, respectively.

Influence of Gamification on the Commitment of the Students of a Programming Course: A Case Study

“…In corroborating the positive influence of gamification on student commitment, our findings align with multiple studies in the field. Moliner-Heredia and Abellán-Nebot observed a significant increase in both course attendance (from 38% to 66%) and pass rates (from 22% to 34%) in manufacturing engineering courses after introducing gamification tools like Kahoot quizzes and Moodle activities [23]. Similarly, Nesterowicz et al reported that gamification led to a remarkable rise in Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) completion rates, with 13.7% of participants completing gamified MOOCs compared to a mere 1.7% for non-gamified ones [24].…”