Enhancing Chinese International Students’ Motivation and Engagement in a STEM Subject in UK Higher Education: A Case of Gamification in Programming

Chen Cao; Xin Zhao; Frank Hopfgartner

doi:10.1145/3572549.3572551

Enhancing Chinese International Students’ Motivation and Engagement in a STEM Subject in UK Higher Education: A Case of Gamification in Programming

Chen Cao
, Xin Zhao
, Frank Hopfgartner

Manchester Institute of Education

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

Programming courses, the entry of the digital world, can be overwhelming to freshers, especially for international students experiencing academic transition. To better understand and improve international students’ programming learning experience, we conducted two studies. The first study identified international students’ lack of intrinsic motivation and low engagement. The second study implemented a gamification approach to motivate and engage international students in programming learning and smooth their academic transition. The study showed positive results regarding the impacts of gamification on students’ learning performance and intrinsic motivation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2022 14th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers
Place of Publication	New York, NY
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	6-11
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781450397766
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3572549.3572551
Publication status	Published - 13 Feb 2023
Event	14th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 28 Oct 2022 → 30 Oct 2022

Conference

Conference	14th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers
Abbreviated title	ICETC 2022
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Barcelona
Period	28/10/22 → 30/10/22

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education

Keywords

engagement
gamification
instructional design
learning performance
motivation

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Cao, C., Zhao, X., & Hopfgartner, F. (2023). Enhancing Chinese International Students’ Motivation and Engagement in a STEM Subject in UK Higher Education: A Case of Gamification in Programming. In Proceedings of 2022 14th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers (pp. 6-11). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3572549.3572551

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Cao, C, Zhao, X & Hopfgartner, F 2023, Enhancing Chinese International Students’ Motivation and Engagement in a STEM Subject in UK Higher Education: A Case of Gamification in Programming. in Proceedings of 2022 14th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, pp. 6-11, 14th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers, Barcelona, Spain, 28/10/22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3572549.3572551

Enhancing Chinese International Students’ Motivation and Engagement in a STEM Subject in UK Higher Education: A Case of Gamification in Programming. / Cao, Chen; Zhao, Xin; Hopfgartner, Frank.
Proceedings of 2022 14th International Conference on Education Technology and Computers. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. p. 6-11.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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