A qualitative investigation of student perceptions of game elements in a gamified course

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue , 2018, Pages 235-254

  Aldemir, Tugce ^a   Celik, Berkan ^b   Kaplan, Goknur ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Design; Game elements; Gamification; Gamified learning experience; Iteration; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; DESIGN; EDUCATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; STUDENTS;

GAME ELEMENTS; GAMIFICATION; ITERATION; LEARNING EXPERIENCES; TEACHER EDUCATION;

TEACHING;

HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NARRATIVE; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REWARD; STUDENT; TEACHER TRAINING;

EID: 85032440666     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2017.10.001     Document Type: Article

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