Gamified students downloaded reference material more consistently (1.7 vs 1.2 files per student weekly) without exam-period spikes¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2016 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Experimental-class students downloaded 1.7 files per week on average versus 1.2 for control students, and the experimental downloads showed no significant deviations across the semester. → Fotaris P 2016

Evidence¶

Fotaris P 2016¶

Fotaris P, Mastoras T, Leinfellner R and Rosunally Y. (2016). Climbing Up the Leaderboard: An Empirical Study of Applying Gamification Techniques to a Computer Programming Class. The Electronic Journal of e-Learning Volume 14 Issue 2, pp94-110. www.ejel.org. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1101229

q2 · i? · causal · r1

Analysis of weekly download logs of lecture notes and further-reading files uploaded to Blackboard, comparing control and experimental classes (Fig. 10). Control downloads spiked only before exams; the authors link steady EC downloads to preparing for classroom games.

"CC students demonstrated a relative lack of interest with an average of 1.2 weekly file downloads per student (an av erage of 65 total downloads per week), which spiked only during the two weeks preceding the final exams; in comparison, every EC student downloaded 1.7 files every week (an average of 89 total downloads per week) without showing any significant deviations"

Discussion¶

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