Games: The Motivation in Engineering Education

Games: The Motivation in Engineering Education

Games: The Motivation in Engineering Education

Bertil P. Marques, Rosa Reis, Marílio Cardoso

Abstract

"The increased use of educational games as educational tools in classes is mainly explained by the motivational power that is attributed to games. In general, and by the need to change methodologies for emergency education. This article investigates the role of different motivational forms in educational games and the influence of the game context in teaching in motivating students to engage in the game. Based on self-determination theory and a mixed-method case study approach, seven educational games were studied in a graduate-level engineering course in two consecutive years. The authors reveal through the research that different motivational forms can coexist when students play games and that the interaction between the attractiveness of the game, learning and its operability can explain the emergence of motivational forms leading to the academic success of the subject in question."

Reference

Marques, B. P., Reis, R., & Cardoso, M. (2021, October). Games: The Motivation in Engineering Education. In Ninth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality (TEEM'21) (pp. 395-399). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/357220639_Games_The_Motivation_in_Engineering_Education

Keywords

educational, motivational, games