Learning Through Gamification in Higher Education

Motivation Clinical Trial

Official title:

Learning Through Play in a University Degree: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04284163
• Other study ID #: UCAM-Gamification (PID-12/19)
• Secondary ID: CE012001
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 27, 2020
• Est. completion date: November 3, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: November 2020
• Source: Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Description:

• 51 students of "Health legislation, management and administration" subject of the Physical Therapy University Degree of the Catholic University of Murcia will be recruited.

• Participants will be randomly assigned into two groups: control group (traditional teaching methods) and intervention group (gamification).

• Class attendance and academic results will be register for future analysis.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 106
• Est. completion date: November 3, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: November 3, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 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.

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Engagement, Patient
• Motivation

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Gamification
Teaching through gamification
• Traditional teaching
Teaching through master lesson methodology

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Catholic University of Murcia	Murcia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	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)
Primary	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)
Primary	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)