The effectiveness of adaptive difficulty adjustments on students' motivation and learning in an educational computer game

Sampayo-Vargas, Sandra; Cope, Chris; He, Zhen; Byrne, Graeme

doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2013.07.004

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“…This is also consistent with the findings of several previous studies, revealing that providing adequate supports during in‐field mobile learning processes can improve students' learning achievements (Hwang et al , ; Wang & Wu, ). In the meantime, the effectiveness of the gaming mechanism also corresponds to some previous studies that have asserted the benefits of applying educational computer games to help students enhance their learning performance; that is, gaming has great potential for motivating students via providing challenging and an enjoyable learning context, and hence improves their learning performance (Hwang, Wu & Chen, ; Prensky, ; Sampayo‐Vargas et al , ).…”

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“…In recent years, several studies have demonstrated the benefits of computer games for education, such as mathematics (Bai, Pan, Hirumi & Kebritchi, ), brain training (Miller & Robertson, ), natural science (Meluso, Zheng, Spires & Lester, ; Sung & Hwang, ) and foreign language (Liu & Chu, ). Many previous studies have also illustrated the benefits of utilizing educational computer games in helping students enhance their learning performance (Sampayo‐Vargas, Cope, He & Byrne, ), as well as their learning motivation (Ronimus, Kujala, Tolvanen & Lyytinen, ; Vos, van der Meijden & Denessen, ; Wang & Chen, ). For instance, Erhel and Jamet () investigated the effects of DGBL and found that such an approach can promote students' learning and motivation.…”

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confidence: 98%

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Interaction between gaming and multistage guiding strategies on students' field trip mobile learning performance and motivation

Chen¹,

Liu²,

Hwang³

2015

Brit J Educational Tech

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In this study, an integrated gaming and multistage guiding approach was proposed for conducting in-field mobile learning activities. A mobile learning system was developed based on the proposed approach. To investigate the interaction between the gaming and guiding strategies on students' learning performance and motivation, a 2 × 2 experiment was conducted on an elementary school natural science course. Four groups of students were situated in a field trip to learn with different mobile learning approaches (ie, gaming or nongaming) and guiding mechanisms (ie, multistage or single-stage). The experimental results showed that both the gaming and multistage guiding mechanisms proposed in this study significantly enhanced the students' learning achievements. Moreover, the interaction between the two showed that the lead-in of the gaming strategy could significantly improve the learning motivation of the students who learned with the multistage guiding mechanism; on the contrary, their learning motivation could be significantly decreased without the gaming approach, although the multistage guiding mechanism was effective. The findings imply that "gamification" could be a good approach for helping students accept learning support or tools provided in mobile learning scenarios.

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Interaction between gaming and multistage guiding strategies on students' field trip mobile learning performance and motivation

Chen¹,

Liu²,

Hwang³

2015

Brit J Educational Tech

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“…The instant feedback loops provided by a sensor-enabled rehabilitation tool empowers patients with more autonomy over their therapy: providing a challenge (a digital game) that functions as a motivator [3] to perform what are more mundane exercises. The game can also be tailored to the specific abilities of a patient, progressing in difficulty to match the patient's progress [2] [7].…”

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Rodriguez

Chan

Sarah

2014

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction With Mobile Devices &Amp; Services

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“…Games can adapt their difficulty in real-time in response to players' in-game performance. The authors of [19] described the results of experiments comparing adaptive, non-adaptive games and other non-adaptive learning activities, concluding that, although all activities reached equal levels of motivation, the adaptive game resulted in significantly higher learning outcomes.…”

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Improving Serious Games Analyzing Learning Analytics Data: Lessons Learned

Alonso‐Fernández

Pérez-Colado

Martínez‐Ortiz

et al. 2019

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Serious games adoption is increasing, although their penetration in formal education is still surprisingly low. To improve their outcomes and increase their adoption in this domain, we propose new ways in which serious games can leverage the information extracted from player interactions, beyond the usual post-activity analysis. We focus on the use of: (1) open data which can be shared for research purposes, (2) real-time feedback for teachers that apply games in schools, to maintain awareness and control of their classroom, and (3) once enough data is gathered, data mining to improve game design, evaluation and deployment; and allow teachers and students to benefit from enhanced feedback or stealth assessment. Having developed and tested a game learning analytics platform throughout multiple experiments, we describe the lessons that we have learnt when analyzing learning analytics data in the previous contexts to improve serious games.

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The effectiveness of adaptive difficulty adjustments on students' motivation and learning in an educational computer game

Cited by 118 publications

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Interaction between gaming and multistage guiding strategies on students' field trip mobile learning performance and motivation

Interaction between gaming and multistage guiding strategies on students' field trip mobile learning performance and motivation

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Improving Serious Games Analyzing Learning Analytics Data: Lessons Learned

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