@inproceedings{66415fadd14e46ce904afaf019d8a88a,
title = "The Effects of Gamification on Students{\textquoteright} Flow Experience: A Controlled Experimental Study",
abstract = "Gamification is commonly employed to support the formation of positive psychological states and learning outcomes, with one of the primary psychological factors chiefly relevant to learning being the flow state. However, the effects of gamification on students{\textquoteright} flow experience are still little known. Filling this gap, we conducted a between-subjects controlled experiment (N = 65) to analyze the effects of gamification on students{\textquoteright} flow experience. Using descriptive and inferential statistical techniques, we compared the flow experience between participants who used a gamified version of an educational system (experimental group) and a group that used the same system without gamification (control group). The main results indicate that the employed gamification design did not affect students{\textquoteright} flow experience. Our study contributes especially to educational technologies and gamification fields, demonstrating that gamification may not affect students{\textquoteright} flow experience.",
keywords = "controlled experiment, flow experience, Gamified education, learning technologies, student experience",
author = "Andrea Brambilla and Wilk Oliveira and Scaico, \{Pasqueline Dantas\} and Juho Hamari and Zhaoxing Li and Lei Shi and Muhterem Dindar",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 IEEE.; IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies ; Conference date: 01-07-2024 Through 04-07-2024",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.1109/ICALT61570.2024.00078",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings - 2024 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2024",
publisher = "IEEE",
pages = "245--249",
editor = "Zehra Altinay and Maiga Chang and Rita Kuo and Ahmed Tlili",
booktitle = "Proceedings - 2024 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2024",
address = "United States",
}