Escape Rooms as a Learning Strategy for Special Education Master’s Degree Students

Ana Manzano-León, José M. Rodríguez-Ferrer, José Manuel Aguilar-Parra, Ana María Martínez Martínez, Antonio Luque de la Rosa, Darío Salguero García and Juan Miguel Fernández Campoy
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Ana Manzano-León: Department of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
José M. Rodríguez-Ferrer: Department of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
José Manuel Aguilar-Parra: Department of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Ana María Martínez Martínez: Department of Education, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Antonio Luque de la Rosa: Department of Education, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Darío Salguero García: Department of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain
Juan Miguel Fernández Campoy: Department of Education, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 14, 1-13

Abstract: Escape rooms and breakout are learning strategies that can facilitate motivation of learning through challenges. In these strategies, students must work as a team and use their reasoning, knowledge, and skills to solve puzzles and challenges related to the content of the curriculum, allowing them to solve the game in a limited time. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the implementation of an escape room on classroom flow, academic performance, school motivation, and prosocial and antisocial behaviours with higher students in a Special Education master’s degree course. The quantitative results show a significant improvement in classroom flow, academic performance, and classroom climate, and a better score in prosocial and antisocial behaviours. The qualitative findings provide a better understanding of these results, and support the conclusion that the use of escape rooms is fun and motivating for students, and facilitates their learning achievement.

Keywords: special education; escape room; educative games; flow; motivation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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