The Effect of a Strategy Game on Academic and Affective Outcomes for Statistics Instruction

• In Event: 32.084 - Poster Session 6
  In Poster Session: 32.084-2 - Emerging Technology Environments for Learning

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a serious educational game on academic and affective outcomes (engagement, absorption in lesson/activity and interest in statistics) in an undergraduate statistics course. The need for more in depth understanding and application of complex content, e.g. Central Limit Theorem, in statistics presents an opportunity for game-based learning to provide a more appropriate means to increase learning and engagement compared to traditional studying methods. This experimental design showed a game was as effective as studying for particular learning objectives and students had increased affective outcomes compared to the control group.

Authors

• Angela Urick, The University of Oklahoma

• Meredith Wronowski, University of Oklahoma

• Alison Wilson, The University of Oklahoma

• Scott Neal Wilson, University of Oklahoma

• Javier Elizondo, University of Oklahoma

• William Thompson, University of Oklahoma

• Ryan Ralston, University of Oklahoma