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Abstract

This study aims to investigate the effect of gamification on student motivation for Basic Programming course offered to Diploma of Digital Technology'students in one of the Polytechnics in northern Malaysia. This study was conducted to investigate the students'motivation through the approach of gamification compared with the students' motivation through the existing learning method without the application of gamification. The design of this study was quasi-experimental and it was divided into two groups namely the control group and the experimental group. Student motivation was measured using the questionnaire adapted from the ARCS Model (Attention, Relevant, Confidence and Satisfaction) by Keller. The duration of treatment given to the student was three weeks and the sample consisted of sixty students. The results from the t-test analysis showed that there were significant differences in student motivation before and after receiving treatment and students in gamified learning approach was motivated than those in non-gamified learning approach. Overall, this result proves that gamification to have a good impact on student motivation and further research is needed to explore more on the implementation of gamification in a classroom with longer duration by focusing on the application of specific game elements and investigate its effectiveness.