Cao, C., Zhao, X. and Hopfgartner, F. (2023) Enhancing Chinese international students’ motivation and engagement in a STEM subject in UK higher education : a case of gamification in programming. In: ICETC '22: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers. ICETC 2022: 2022 14th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers, 28-30 Oct 2022, Barcelona, Spain. International Conference Proceeding Series (ICPS) . Association for Computing Machinery , pp. 6-11. ISBN 9781450397766
Abstract
Programming courses, the entry of the digital world, can be overwhelming to freshers, especially for international students experiencing academic transition. To better understand and improve international students’ programming learning experience, we conducted two studies. The first study identified international students’ lack of intrinsic motivation and low engagement. The second study implemented a gamification approach to motivate and engage international students in programming learning and smooth their academic transition. The study showed positive results regarding the impacts of gamification on students’ learning performance and intrinsic motivation.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 Association for Computing Machinery. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in ICETC '22: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | gamification; instructional design; motivation; engagement; learning performance |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Information School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 Aug 2022 12:29 |
Last Modified: | 06 Mar 2023 18:18 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Association for Computing Machinery |
Series Name: | International Conference Proceeding Series (ICPS) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1145/3572549.3572551 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:189802 |