Impact on Elementary School Students’ Learning Motivation and Performance in a Game-based Motion-sensing Learning Environment

• Main Authors: Yi-Fu Chang, 張宜富
• Other Authors: Ho-Chuan Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/69878952573357332730

碩士 === 國立高雄應用科技大學 === 資訊管理研究所碩士班 === 102 === The trend of using multimedia materials and information technology in assisting learning has been steadily increased for the past few years. Many studies have demonstrated that game-based learning enhances students' learning motivations and improves their learning performances. The purpose of this study is to design and develop a game-based learning system with Kinect technology for school children on Mathematics learning. Forty subjects have been recruited from the 4th grade classes at elementary school. The subjects have been divided randomly into two groups, an experiment group and a control group, and each group is with 20 students. The experimental period was 3 weeks. After the analysis of experimental data, the results indicated that there were significant differences between the scores of pre-test and post-test in learning motivations for both groups (experiment group: p = .000; control group: p = .028). The experiment group also had significantly better learning motivations than the control group did (p = .027). In addition, both groups showed significant difference between the scores of pre-test and post-test in leaning performance (experiment group: p = .000; control group: p = .024). The experiment group also had significantly better learning performance than the control group did (p = .041). The result suggested that a game-based learning system with Kinect technology could increase students' learning motivation and performance on Mathematic learning.