Students who played iThinkSmart VR mini games gained higher CT cognitive benefits than students learning through the traditional lecture method¶
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q2 i? The experimental group's cognitive-benefit post-questionnaire mean (4.48) was significantly higher than the control group's (4.00), t = 3.96, p < 0.05. → Friday Joseph Agbo 2023
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Friday Joseph Agbo 2023¶
Friday Joseph Agbo, Solomon Sunday Oyelere, Jarkko Suhonen, Markku Tukiainen. (2023). Design, development, and evaluation of a virtual reality game-based application to support computational thinking. Education Tech Research Dev 71:505–537. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-022-10161-5
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Post-questionnaire analysis (instrument adapted from Lin et al., 5-point Likert scale, Cronbach's alpha 0.89) comparing the VR group (μ = 4.48) with the control group (μ = 4.00) after the 60-minute learning session.
"Comparing the mean shows a statistically significant difference (t = 3.96, p < 0.05), implying that students in the experimental group who learned CT concepts by playing iThinkSmart VR mini games gained higher cognitive benefits compared to students in the control group who learned CT concepts through the traditional lecture method."
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Related Claims¶
- CS students who learned CT concepts through the iThinkSmart VR game-based application demonstrated significantly better CT competency scores than students in the control group — related
- Students who played iThinkSmart VR mini games reported higher interest in learning CT concepts than students who did not use the educational game — related
- Students who played iThinkSmart mini games showed a significantly higher CT learning attitude than those who did not play the mini games — related
- First-level participant feedback found the iThinkSmart prototype engaging but flagged movement, navigation, graphics, and device-support issues for improvement — related
- Gamification has small positive effects on cognitive, motivational and behavioral learning outcomes — a broader claim this one bears on
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Students who played iThinkSmart VR mini games gained higher CT cognitive benefits than students learning through the traditional lecture method |
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Students who played iThinkSmart VR mini games gained higher CT cognitive benefits than students learning through the traditional lecture method |
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