Why Students Engage in "Gaming the System" Behavior in Interactive Learning Environments

Autor/inn/en	Baker, Ryan; Walonoski, Jason; Heffernan, Neil; Roll, Ido; Corbett, Albert; Koedinger, Kenneth
Titel	Why Students Engage in "Gaming the System" Behavior in Interactive Learning Environments
Quelle	In: Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 19 (2008) 2, S.185-224 (40 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1093-023X
Schlagwörter	Educational Environment; Student Attitudes; Student Motivation; Computer Assisted Instruction; Computer Software; Teacher Attitudes; Questionnaires; Feedback (Response); Educational Technology; Mathematics Education; High School Students; Behavior Patterns; Middle School Students; Likert Scales; Massachusetts; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Schülerverhalten; Schulische Motivation; Computer based training; Computerunterstützter Unterricht; Lehrerverhalten; Fragebogen; Unterrichtsmedien; Mathematische Bildung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Likert-Skala; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	In recent years there has been increasing interest in the phenomena of "gaming the system," where a learner attempts to succeed in an educational environment by exploiting properties of the system's help and feedback rather than by attempting to learn the material. Developing environments that respond constructively and effectively to gaming depends upon understanding why students choose to game. In this article, we present three studies, conducted with two different learning environments, which present evidence on which student behaviors, motivations, and emotions are associated with the choice to game the system.We also present a fourth study to determine how teachers' perspectives on gaming behavior are similar to, and different from, researchers' perspectives and the data from our studies. We discuss what motivational and attitudinal patterns are associated with gaming behavior across studies, and what the implications are for the design of interactive learning environment. (Contains 3 figures and 2 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10