In the Article\u201d A \u2018KAHOOT!\u2019 Approach: The Effectiveness of Game-Based Learning for an Advanced Placement Biology Class\u201d, Serena M. Jones, et al. cover new educational technologies, such as \u2018KAHOOT!\u2019 to teach and keep high school students motivated to learn about complicated and difficult scientific concepts. They do this by using the\u00a0gamification, which means making activities more game-like in learning and teaching. They also decide how well the use of \u2018KAHOOT!\u2019 can enhance students engaging in the subject of learning.<\/p>\n
\u2018KAHOOT!\u2019 is game-based learning platform which allows for example teachers to create quizzes for their students about different topics.<\/p>\n
The methods that Jones, et al. are using to decide the effectiveness of \u2018KAHOOT!\u2019 in learning is giving the students a presentation about certain subject. After the presentation the students and the teacher were given fifteen questions about the subject in a form of \u2018KAHOOT!\u2019. After the game the students filled a survey about how interested they were in the activity.<\/p>\n
In the results of the survey majority of the students enjoyed the \u2018KAHOOT!\u2019. Thirteen of the eighteen students in the test group answered that they had better understanding about the presentation topic after the \u2018KAHOOT!\u2019 game.\u00a0\u00a0The results overall indicated that the \u2018KAHOOT!\u2019 helped the students to understand better the subject of learning. They also enjoyed the teaching more than traditional style of teaching. The test results state that\u00a0gamification\u00a0is an effective way to increase student engagement in the learning environment.<\/p>\n
The relatively small size of the students participating in the test (18 overall), the results are not \u00a0reliable evidence about the hypothesis of the test. Further test with bigger groups and more specific questions are necessary\u00a0to\u00a0figure\u00a0the real effects of\u00a0gamification\u00a0in learning experiences, since there is still very little research about the subject. It is also notable that\u00a0gamification\u00a0as a part of learning experience is not\u00a0suitable for everyone.<\/p>\n
In a conclusion, transforming heavy and boring lessons into more student engaging and fun is a\u00a0good tool to make people understand better complicated and challenging topics.<\/p>\n
Photo by the author.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the future \u2018KAHOOT!\u2019 and other tools can make the learning process of students easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":6828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[237],"tags":[556,365,345],"class_list":["post-6826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-research-highlights","tag-english","tag-game-design","tag-game-research","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}