Does Gamifying Homework Influence Performance and Perceived Gameful Experience?

Ahmed Hosny Saleh Metwally, Maiga Chang, Yining Wang and Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy Yousef
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Ahmed Hosny Saleh Metwally: School of Information Science and Technology, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130117, China
Maiga Chang: School of Computing and Information Systems, Athabasca University, Edmonton, AB T5J 3S8, Canada
Yining Wang: School of Media Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130117, China
Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy Yousef: Faculty of Specific Education, Fayoum University, Fayoum 63514, Egypt

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 9, 1-18

Abstract: There is a growing body of literature that recognizes the importance of applying gamification in educational settings. This research developed an application to gamify students’ homework to address the concern of the students’ inability to complete their homework. This research aims to investigate students’ performance in doing their homework, and reflections and perceptions of the gameful experience in gamified homework exercises. Based on the data gathered from experimental and control groups (N = 84) via learning analytics, survey, and interview, the results show a high level of satisfaction according to students’ feedback. The most noticeable finding to extract from the analysis is that students can take on a persona, earn points, and experience a deeper sense of achievement through doing the gamified homework. Moreover, the students, on the whole, are likely to be intrinsically motivated whenever the homework is attributed to factors under their own control, when they consider that they have the expertise to be successful learners to achieve their desired objectives, and when they are interested in dealing with the homework for learning, not just achieving high grades.

Keywords: gamification; gamifying homework; feedback; satisfaction; user experience; completion rate (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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