T49 SICET: Childhood Learning Experience through Gaming Mechanics and Influence on Reading Motivation in China and USA

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Short Description

It has been widely recognized that reading interests are integral to engage early childhood students in reading materials and contribute to their reading acquisition; as such reading is considered as a form of language acquisition and consequently to begin earlier when early childhood students experience the most rapid development in language acquisition and symbolic thinking. Recent advances and the rise in popularity of gamification in learning, specifically game dynamics necessitate new forms of research examining what the reading experience is like for early childhood students.

Author

• Hengtao Tang, SICET