samaneh Ghadiri; Mohammad ALi Rostaminezhad; Nasrin Mohammadhasani; Mohsen Ayati
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AbstractThe present study was conducted to measure the effect of digital gamification on reducing external cognitive load and academic performance of students with context-dependent cognitive style. The quasi-experimental method was a single subject with an A-B-A design . The population of all undergraduate ...
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AbstractThe present study was conducted to measure the effect of digital gamification on reducing external cognitive load and academic performance of students with context-dependent cognitive style. The quasi-experimental method was a single subject with an A-B-A design . The population of all undergraduate students of the Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology of Birjand University in 1400-1401 was a sample of one person and a purposeful non-probability sampling method. Tools: group latent form test (GEFT) by Oltman et al in 1971, one-question external cognitive load questionnaire by Pas et al in 1994, researcher-made test of academic performance and eye tracking device. After conducting a group test of latent forms and identifying the sample, English grammar was taught to the subject in the baseline stage with multimedia without game elements, the test stage using digital gamification and in the return to baseline stage, with multimedia without game elements. Each stage was implemented in 8 sessions and in each eye tracking data was collected, cognitive load test and pre-test and post-test were performed. In order to analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistics methods and visual chart analysis were used. The findings showed that teaching English with digital gamification increased external cognitive load and academic performance. It was concluded that gamification has created motivation and attracted attention and comprehensive engagement with the content and increased the external cognitive load and learning has been achieved and academic performance has increased.
