Learning Through Gamification in Higher Education
Learning Through Play in a University Degree: a Randomized Controlled Trial
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interventional
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Brief Summary
"Health care legislation, management and administration" is a basic subject offered in the physical therapy university degree. The juridical features of this subject usually provokes a lack of motivation between students. Although not commonly used in university teaching, gamification could provide further affordances for improving students' engagement which provokes better assistance and learning outcomes.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Jan 2020
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 27, 2020
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
January 28, 2020
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
February 25, 2020
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
November 3, 2020
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
November 3, 2020
CompletedNovember 4, 2020
November 1, 2020
9 months
January 28, 2020
November 3, 2020
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (3)
Class attendance
Number of days students attend class. This outcome will be registered each day by the teacher using a standardized attendance sheet template.
Time-to-Event measures: from date of randomization until the end of academic period for a total of 16 week (including two holiday weeks)
Total score
Average score of first and second partial exams. This outcome will be obtained through qualifications in test type exam.
Outcome measures at the end of the academic period, for a total of 16 week (including two holiday weeks)
Partial score
Score achieved in questions related to topics taught in the four intervention classes. This outcome will be obtained through qualifications in test type exam.
Outcome measures at the end of the academic period, for a total of 16 week (including two holiday weeks)
Study Arms (2)
Gamification group
EXPERIMENTALProblem solving based methodology
Traditional teaching group
ACTIVE COMPARATORMaster lesson methodology
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Students enrolled in the subject during academic year 19-20.
- Students included must not have taken the subject before.
- Students must be able to understand and speak the Spanish language.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Catholic University of Murcia
Murcia, 30107, Spain
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Principal Investigator
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
January 28, 2020
First Posted
February 25, 2020
Study Start
January 27, 2020
Primary Completion
November 3, 2020
Study Completion
November 3, 2020
Last Updated
November 4, 2020
Record last verified: 2020-11