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Effects of the Sequence of Game-Play and Game-Design on Novices’ Motivation, Flow, and Performance

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Transactions on Edutainment VIII

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((TEDUTAIN,volume 7220))

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The purpose of this study was to examine whether providing an active learning approach during game-based learning generates positive impacts on the learners. The effects of learning approaches (active exploration vs. tutorial) on eighth-graders’ Scratch programming performance, motivation and flow experience were examined in this study. The differences between the active exploration group and the tutorial group included the sequence of game-play and game design activity and the supporting strategy. One hundred and twenty-five junior high school students participated in the study. The results showed that (1) the active exploration approach triggered higher learning motivation and flow experience than the tutorial approach did, (2) the sequence of game-play and game-design did not differentiate learners’ project performance, and (3) the causes of why high motivation and flow experience did not bring about better project performance need to be further investigated.

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    Li-Chun Wang & Ming-Puu Chen

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  1. Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China

    Zhigeng Pan

  2. National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Adrian David Cheok

  3. University of Education, Weingarten, Germany

    Wolfgang Müller

  4. Athabasca University, AB, Canada

    Maiga Chang

  5. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Mingmin Zhang

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Wang, LC., Chen, MP. (2012). Effects of the Sequence of Game-Play and Game-Design on Novices’ Motivation, Flow, and Performance. In: Pan, Z., Cheok, A.D., Müller, W., Chang, M., Zhang, M. (eds) Transactions on Edutainment VIII. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7220. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31439-1_5

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