El efecto de un videojuego educativo en la motivación, autoeficacia y conocimiento de estudiantes de secundaria en un curso de historia

• Autores: Zapata, Claudia, Navarro, Ricardo, Vega, Vanessa
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2024
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: PUCP-Institucional
• Lenguaje: inglés
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.pucp.edu.pe:20.500.14657/199347
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/educacion/article/view/28602/26343; https://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/199347; https://doi.org/10.18800/educacion.202401.A004
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Motivation; Self-efficacy; Video games; History instruction; Motivação; Autoeficácia; Jogos educativos; Ensino de história; Motivación; Autoeficacia; Videojuegos; Enseñanza de la historia; https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.03.00

The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of an educational video game on high school students’ motivation, self-efficacy and knowledge. The game tells the story of Mariano Melgar, a Peruvian thinker, patriot and hero. The authors used a quasi-experimental design and conducted pre- and post-tests to estimate the effect of the video game. The sample consisted of 67 students from two schools in Lima. The students were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: playing a video game or watching a documentary. Results show that playing the video game was more effective in increasing students’ knowledge, whereas watching a documentary increased demotivation and decreased self-efficacy through vicarious experience. In view of this, it is important to explore further video games’ usefulness as educational materials.