The Construction of an Online Competitive Game-Based Learning System for Junior High School Students

The purpose of this study aimed to construct an online competitive game-based learning system by using freeware for junior high school students and to assess its effectiveness. From the learning standpoints, game mechanisms including learning points, competition mechanism, training room mechanism, q...

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Published in:TOJET the Turkish online journal of educational technology 2012-04, Vol.11 (2), p.214
Main Authors: Cheng, Yuh-Ming, Kuo, Sheng-Huang, Lou, Shi-Jer, Shih, Ru-Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavioral Objectives
Competition
Computer & video games
Computer Software
Computer Uses in Education
Domains
Educational Games
Educational Objectives
Educational Technology
Feedback
Foreign Countries
Freeware
Game Based Learning
Games
High School Students
Instructional Materials
Junior High School Students
Learning
Learning Activities
Likert Scales
Middle school students
On-line systems
Pretests Posttests
Program Effectiveness
Program Evaluation
Questionnaires
Questions
Screens
Secondary school students
Student Attitudes
Students
Taiwan
Teaching Methods
Training
Waiting rooms
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Summary:The purpose of this study aimed to construct an online competitive game-based learning system by using freeware for junior high school students and to assess its effectiveness. From the learning standpoints, game mechanisms including learning points, competition mechanism, training room mechanism, questioning & answering mechanism, tips, and feedback mechanism are taken into consideration while constructing the system. The system contains screens of Log-in, Game lobby, Waiting room, Player's room, Question & Answer, and Scoring. After the system was established, it was implemented in a 10 week teaching experiment. A total of 35 junior high school students participated in this teaching experiment. Both pre-test and post-test were administered and analyzed. A 5-point Likert scale questionnaire, containing domains of system operation, learning effectiveness, competition and incentive, and training room learning was also included to assess user's satisfaction. Descriptive analysis and independent t test were used to analyze the collected data. The findings of the study show that most students are satisfied with the four domains of the freeware constructed online competitive game-based learning system. Meanwhile, the online competitive game-based learning system is effective for junior high school students' learning. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1303-6521
1303-6521