ERIC Number: EJ1395400
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Jul
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1176-3647
EISSN: EISSN-1436-4522
Students' Learning Styles and Preferences in a Gamification-Enhanced Partially Flipped Classroom: A Q-Methodology Study
Chen, Liwen
Educational Technology & Society, v26 n3 p141-154 Jul 2023
The aim of this Q-study was to identify and categorize learners' learning styles and preferences with regard to the incorporation of gamification-enhanced activities in a partially flipped gamified classroom during a Taiwan university eighteen week's Introduction to Marketing course. Q-methodology was used because it identifies assorted viewpoints subjectively and analyzes them statistically. Twenty-six students were surveyed and asked to rank thirty statements according to their perception of the teaching method used. A factor analysis and a correlation test were used to identify both the factors involved and the individuals with whom they were highly correlated. Three factors were identified: Factor A -- Engaged Achiever, Factor B -- Self-motived Explorer, and Factor C -- Interactive Designer, each of which represented participants with similar perceptions. These multiple learning styles and perspectives present both challenges and opportunities in business education.
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Flipped Classroom, Teaching Methods, Q Methodology, Classification, Preferences, Game Based Learning, Marketing, Introductory Courses, Student Attitudes, Factor Analysis, Undergraduate Students, Self Motivation, Learner Engagement, Correlation, Business Administration Education, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Taiwan
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