Gamification - using game mechanics for affording gameful experiences in non-game contexts - is getting increased attention in the educational field. However, its motivational mechanisms, intended to enhance student learning, are still not sufficiently understood. In this paper, we present an empirical study on the use of one of the most popular gamification elements, badges. The goal is to shed some light on their impact on student engagement and motivation. The study results suggest that while the badges improve student engagement and academic performance, they do not affect the student's intrinsic motivation. However, we speculate that they foster internalization of the learning-related extrinsic motivators? values, which results in increased engagement in the learning activities.
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Dicheva, D., Caldwell, R., & Guy, B. (2020). Do Badges Increase Student Engagement and Motivation? In SIGITE 2020 - Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference on Information Technology Education (pp. 81–86). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3368308.3415393
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