Gamification in the improvement of communication skills in primary school students

• Autores: García Vilca, Marlene Julissa, Núñez Mejía, Joel, Gastello Mathews, Willy
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2024
• Institución: Universidad de Huánuco
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad de Huánuco
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.localhost:article/535
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.udh.edu.pe/index.php/udh/article/view/535
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: comunicación; estudiante; habilidad; juego educativo; habilidades de comunicación; communication; student; skill; educational game; communication skills; Comunicação, estudante, habilidade, jogo educativo

Objective. To establish the influence of gamification on the improvement of communication skills in primary school students. Methods. The quantitative approach and design were quasi-experimental. The study involved 80 students divided between the control group and the experimental group. The inferential statistic applied was the Mann-WhitneyU test. Results. In the experimental group, 90% of the students in the pretest were at a defcient level, and only 10% were at a regular level. However, after the application of gamification, 78% of the students reached an excellent level, 20% a good level, and only 3% remained at the regular level. The Mann-Whitney U statistic showed a bilateral significance of0.000. Conclusions. Gamification influences the improvement of communication skills in primary school students; this is because, through gamification, the student interacts with their peers, communicating in different ways with the intention of overcoming the challenges presented by the game.