Effects of adaptive scaffolding on performance, cognitive load and engagement in game-based learning: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While game-based learning has demonstrated positive outcomes for some learners, its efficacy remains variable. Adaptive scaffolding may improve performance and self-regulation during training by optimizing cognitive load. Informed by cognitive load theory, this study investigates whether adaptive scaffolding based on interaction trace data influences learning performance, self-regulation, cognitive load, test performance, and engagement in a medical emergency game.

Methods

Sixty-two medical students from three Dutch universities played six game scenarios. They received either adaptive or nonadaptive scaffolding in a randomized double-blinded matched pairs yoked control design. During gameplay, we measured learning performance (accuracy, speed, systematicity), self

SUBMITTER: Faber TJE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11360721 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature