Gamification of an Entire Introductory Organic Chemistry Course: A Strategy to Enhance the Students' Engagement

Autor/inn/en	da Silva Ju´nior, Jose´ Nunes; Castro, Guilherme de Lima; Melo Leite Junior, Antonio Jose´; Monteiro, Andre´ Jalles; Alexandre, Francisco Serra Oliveira
Titel	Gamification of an Entire Introductory Organic Chemistry Course: A Strategy to Enhance the Students' Engagement
Quelle	In: Journal of Chemical Education, 99 (2022) 2, S.678-687 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (da Silva Ju´nior, Jose´ Nunes) ORCID (Melo Leite Junior, Antonio Jose´)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9584
DOI	10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00766
Schlagwörter	Game Based Learning; Undergraduate Students; Introductory Courses; Organic Chemistry; Pharmacy; Educational Games; Student Motivation; Science Achievement; Scores; Rewards; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Einführungskurs; Organische Chemie; Apotheke; Educational game; Lernspiel; Schulische Motivation; Reward; Belohnung; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	We designed the current gamification strategy for an undergraduate introductory organic chemistry course to enhance the student engagement. We implemented it in two classes from the Pharmacy and Chemistry courses using several gaming elements: attendance, punctuality, game-based applications, board games, knowledge tournament, video classes, and group tasks to increase student motivation and achievement. All of the gaming elements guaranteed points to students in a leaderboard. At the end of the semester, a reward system compensated students with additional scores to their final average, badges, and gifts. Finally, the students evaluated the gamification, and the results obtained were quite positive. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01