Teacher interviews identified perceived risks of gamified EFL tools: lack of support from principals, parents or students, side effects, and loss of teacher control¶

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Evidence · 1 study (3 entries) · associational r2 · q1
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q1 i? Interview responses indicated a lack of support from principals, parents or students (n = 27). → Zhanni Luo 2024 q1 i? Thirty-six email-interview responses mentioned side effects including digital addiction, distraction, and eyesight damage. → Zhanni Luo 2024 (2) q1 i? Teachers expressed concerns about control over the device, the learning process, and discipline management. → Zhanni Luo 2024 (3)

Evidence¶

Zhanni Luo 2024¶

Zhanni Luo. (2024). Factors contributing to teachers' acceptance intention to gamified EFL tools: a scale development study. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10249-6

q1 · i? · qualitative · r?

Qualitative thematic analysis of teacher interviews (Phase 2-a item generation). The article reports 27 responses concerned lack of support; participants described leaders hesitant to invest and parents limiting device access. No effect size applies.

"The interview responses indicated that there was a lack of support from principals, par - ents or students (n = 27)."

Zhanni Luo 2024 (2)¶

Zhanni Luo. (2024). Factors contributing to teachers' acceptance intention to gamified EFL tools: a scale development study. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10249-6

q1 · i? · design · r2

Email-interview responses coded during item generation for the perceived-risks construct. The article counts 36 responses mentioning side effects, with distraction (n = 9) and eyesight damage (n = 8) most frequent. Descriptive counts only.

"Thirty-six email-interview responses mentioned the side effects of using gamified learning tools, including "digital addiction" (n = 7), "distraction" (n = 9), "privacy risk" (n = 1), "eyesight damage" (n = 8)"

Zhanni Luo 2024 (3)¶

Zhanni Luo. (2024). Factors contributing to teachers' acceptance intention to gamified EFL tools: a scale development study. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10249-6

q1 · i? · associational · r2

Face-to-face and email interview responses analysed thematically during item generation. Teachers worried about students' self-control with devices, tools with fixed knowledge systems marginalising their role, and discipline management in large classes. Qualitative, no effect size.

"The interview responses revealed that teachers expressed concerns regarding their control over the device, the learning process, and discipline management when using gamified EFL tools."

Discussion¶

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