Students’ perception of Kahoot!’s influence on teaching and learning

Licorish, Sherlock A.; Owen, Helen; Daniel, Ben Kei; George, Jade Li

doi:10.1186/s41039-018-0078-8

“…It is further proposed to use a double method to consider the specificities of the theoretical and practical sessions. In the case of the theoretical sessions, a serious game with interactive questionnaires is proposed by using "Kahoot" (Licorish et al, 2018), an online free game-based learning platform which allows the creation of different questions types like multiple choice quizzes, discussion questions, or surveys. The gamification method of the practical sessions is based on competitions in "hackathon" format, specifically the "CUDATHON" competition.…”

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Evaluating Impact on Motivation and Academic Performance of a Game-Based Learning Experience Using Kahoot

Fuster-Guilló

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Pertegal-Felices

²

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Jimeno-Morenilla

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et al. 2019

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Gamification methods adapt the mechanics of games to educational environments for the improvement of the teaching-learning process. Serious games play an important role as tools for gamification, in particular in the context of software engineering courses because of the idiosyncratic nature of the topic. However, the studies on the improvement of student performance resulting from the use of gamification and serious games in courses with different contexts are not conclusive. More empirical research is thus needed to obtain reliable results on the effectiveness, benefits and drawbacks. The overall objective of this work is to study the benefits generated by serious games in the teaching-learning process of Computer Engineering degrees, analyzing the impact on the motivation and student satisfaction, as well as on the learning outcomes and results finally achieved. To this end, an intervention is proposed in the subject of Computer Architecture based on two components covering theoretical and practical sessions. In the theoretical sessions, a serious game experience using Kahoot has been introduced, complementing the master classes and class exercises. For the practical sessions, the development of projects with groups of students has been proposed, whose results in terms of computer performance can be compared through a competition (hackathon). Evaluation of the serious game-based intervention has been approached in terms of student satisfaction and motivation, as well as improved academic performance. In order to assess student satisfaction, surveys have been used to assess the effect on student motivation and satisfaction. For the evaluation of academic performance, a comparative analysis between an experimental and a control group has been carried out, noting a slight increase in the experimental group students' marks.

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“…can be perceived as a resurrection of the clicker in the modern day. The evolution of the older Student Response System (SRS) to Game-based Student Response System (GSRS) is historically drawn during the reign of "iClicker" and "Poll Everywhere" to the current user-friendly application such as Kahoot ! Licorish, Owen, Daniel & George (2018).Besides replacing SRS, GSRS is relatable to Novak's meaningful learning model, which differentiate learners' deep and surface learning approaches.…”

Section: Gamification and Game-based Student Response System (Gsrs)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Memory Stay Or Stray?: Irregular Verbs Learning Using Kahoot!

Yunus

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,

Azman

²

2019

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Even though gamification has been lingering for years now, its popularity has been rising ever since. In fact, across disciplines and contexts, the amplification of 21 st century learning has been giving gamification a special place in education. There are numerous studies conducted on the use of gamification among school children, university students or even trainee teachers. Coincidentally, all of these studies have shown that gamification does impact their learning. Hence, as harmless as it seems, any teachers who are not equipped with such knowledge on the benefits of gamification may hinder their learners and themselves from reaching their utmost teaching and learning experience especially when it comes to grammar learning among the younger pupils. Considering this thought in mind, this research was conducted to prove that the use of Kahoot! helps the Year 3 pupils in retaining the English Irregular verbs. This quasiexperimental designed research gathered data from a sample of 35 Year 3 pupils using the pre-test and post-test results. The findings which were analysed descriptively using sample t-test showed that pupils' performances in the post-test improved over the use of Kahoot! in classroom. In conclusion, this research provides an insight on number of ways that gamification can actually impacted the pupils' learning; especially in terms of memory retention. It also works as a stepping stone for more researches to study on the effectiveness of using Kahoot! in tackling any part of learning especially among the younger learners.

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“…The evolution of the older Student Response System (SRS) to Game-based Student Response System (GSRS) is historically drawn during the reign of "iClicker" and "Poll Everywhere" to the current user-friendly application such as Kahoot! Licorish, Owen, Daniel & George (2018).Besides replacing SRS, GSRS is relatable to Novak's meaningful learning model, which differentiate learners' deep and surface learning approaches. The whole learning experience began with teachers' selecting meaningful materials according to the learners' existing knowledge followed with their initiative to engage the learners with a deeper learning instead of rote memorising.…”

Section: Gamification and Game-based Student Response System (Gsrs)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…as learners experiment, reflect and evaluate their knowledge (when answering the questions) and receives immediate feedback from the game. On top of that, Licorish, Owen, Daniel & George (2018) added that learners who were practised with deep learning strategies such as GSRS are highly engaged which resulted to them to be able to "apply their deep learning strategies to their study practises".…”

Section: Gamification and Game-based Student Response System (Gsrs)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Memory Stay Or Stray?: Irregular Verbs Learning Using Kahoot!

Yunus¹,

Azman²

2019

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Even though gamification has been lingering for years now, its popularity has been rising ever since. In fact, across disciplines and contexts, the amplification of 21 st century learning has been giving gamification a special place in education. There are numerous studies conducted on the use of gamification among school children, university students or even trainee teachers. Coincidentally, all of these studies have shown that gamification does impact their learning. Hence, as harmless as it seems, any teachers who are not equipped with such knowledge on the benefits of gamification may hinder their learners and themselves from reaching their utmost teaching and learning experience especially when it comes to grammar learning among the younger pupils. Considering this thought in mind, this research was conducted to prove that the use of Kahoot! helps the Year 3 pupils in retaining the English Irregular verbs. This quasiexperimental designed research gathered data from a sample of 35 Year 3 pupils using the pre-test and post-test results. The findings which were analysed descriptively using sample t-test showed that pupils' performances in the post-test improved over the use of Kahoot! in classroom. In conclusion, this research provides an insight on number of ways that gamification can actually impacted the pupils' learning; especially in terms of memory retention. It also works as a stepping stone for more researches to study on the effectiveness of using Kahoot! in tackling any part of learning especially among the younger learners.

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Students’ perception of Kahoot!’s influence on teaching and learning

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Memory Stay Or Stray?: Irregular Verbs Learning Using Kahoot!

Memory Stay Or Stray?: Irregular Verbs Learning Using Kahoot!

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