Kahoot! in Music and Physical Education Classes in Higher Education

Abstract

The Kahoot! platform has been shown to be versatile, easily accessible and user-friendly. According to the scientific literature, the platform is more widely used in theoretical subjects and less employed in more practical disciplines. In this study, therefore, we conducted a survey of 324 students from two Spanish public universities who used Kahoot! in the more practical subjects of Music and Physical Education during the 2019-2020 academic year. For this purpose, we created a questionnaire measuring five dimensions: usefulness, fun, learning, interaction and involvement. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the questionnaire’s goodness of fit (e.g., CFI=.984), which was found to be adequate. In general, participants rated each of these items positively. Opinions were more favourable in Music than in Physical Education in most dimensions. We observed that second- and third-year students tended to give higher scores, and that their responses are similar regardless of their university and their experience with Kahoot prior to participating in this study. Our conclusions suggest that Kahoot! allows teachers to present this conceptual content in a different way by teaching concepts and procedures through an active, innovative, collaborative methodology that is more attractive to the students. Consequently, students are able to learn more effectively.