Paper

The Exploration of Motivation and Academic Learning in Game-based Learning


Authors:
Hsing-Ju Hung; Sung-Nan Tsai; Hsiao-Shen Wang
Abstract
Motivation is a very important factor for elementary school students in learning. Using computer games is one of very effective ways to increase students’ motivation when learning domain knowledge. While too focusing on gaming activities may cause the main domain knowledge acquirement. This study mainly explored the effect of motivation and reasoning ability of game based learning in elementary school students. The results show that children get the high motivation but not reasoning in game based learning.
Keywords
Motivation; Reasoning; Problem-solving; Game Based Learning
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