Potenciando la motivación mediante la diversificación de juegos y grupos

Abstract

The use of game dynamics in the academic environment is generally motivating, but previous experience shows that it fails to involve all students equally and that some students disconnect during the activity. This work presents a set of experiences, applied in different computer science subjects, where the diversification of games and groupings has proven to be highly motivating. A competition is proposed in which different games are developed, some with multiple choice questions in different formats and also a small Escape Room. The composition of the groups changes for the different games, then the students interact with different classmates, and the size of the groups progressively decreases, starting with a game that divides the class in two groups facing each other. and it continues with games with increasingly smaller groups that promote a more active participation of each member. The experience has been evaluated through a survey on aspects such as learning improvement, involvement and motivation. The data reveal a high degree of acceptance, including an increase in the percentage of motivated students in cases where it has been possible to compare with previous gamification activities.