Engaging Asian students through game mechanics: Findings from two experiment studies

Computers and Education

Volumn 92-93, Issue , 2016, Pages 221-236

  Hew, Khe Foon ^a   Huang, Biyun ^a   Chu, Kai Wah Samuel ^a   Chiu, Dickson K W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Behavioral engagement; Blended learning; Cognitive engagement; Gamification

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; GROUP THEORY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MECHANICS; MOTIVATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

BEHAVIORAL ENGAGEMENT; BLENDED LEARNING; COGNITIVE ENGAGEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; GAMIFICATION; QUASI-EXPERIMENTS; RANDOMIZED EXPERIMENTS; SELF-DETERMINATION THEORIES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84945976671     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2015.10.010     Document Type: Article

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