Impact of Narrative and Badging on Learning and Engagement in a Psychology Learning Game

Autor/in	Fanfarelli, Joey R.
Titel	Impact of Narrative and Badging on Learning and Engagement in a Psychology Learning Game
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Technology, 51 (2020) 2, S.387-419 (33 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-1013
DOI	10.1111/bjet.12838
Schlagwörter	Educational Games; Fantasy; Learner Engagement; Comparative Analysis; Psychology; Undergraduate Students; Pretests Posttests; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Teaching Methods; Difficulty Level; Learning Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational game; Lernspiel; Fantasie; Psychologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Learning process; Lernprozess
Abstract	The literature reflects a shortage of empirical research on educational game design. This paper presents the results from a randomized controlled study on the impact of narrative and digital badging on learning and engagement in an educational game that teaches basic brain structure and function to undergraduate psychology students. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four conditions, and correspondingly played a base version of the game, the base version plus fantasy-based narrative, the base version plus digital badges or the base version and both fantasy-based narrative and digital badges. Eighty students completed a subject matter pretest, played the game in its entirety and then completed a posttest. Quantitative analyses revealed that the manipulations did not significantly impact learning or engagement. While the manipulations were ineffective in this study, future research should examine how professional writing affects narrative impact and how difficulty level can be better assessed in digital badging in order to see if the results remain consistent. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01