The Effects of Digital Role Playing Game on Fifth-Grade Students’ Social Studies

• Main Authors: CHEN,GUAN-HUA, 陳冠樺
• Other Authors: TSUEI, MENG-PING
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/46571117290122488035

碩士 === 國立臺北教育大學 === 課程與教學研究所 === 104 === Abstract The purposes of this study were to explore the effects of digital role playing game in social study in elementary school students’ learning. The learning content was “Taiwan under Japanese rule” which included “Establishment of Japanese colonial rule”, “Political Economy and Culture of Japan Period”, “ The rise of social consciousness in the people of Taiwan during the Japanese occupation”. The study adopted quasi-experimental design of pre-test and post-test. Forty-seven fifth-grade students participated in the study for four weeks. Students in the experimental group learned with digital role playing game. The group discussion instruction was implemented for the students in the control group. The results of this study were as following: 1.There was no significant difference between student in experiment group and control group on achievement tests. (a)There were no significant differences on achievement tests between groups by different learning ability students. (b)There were no significant differences on achievement tests between groups by the genders. 2.There was significant difference between student in experiment group and control group on motivation. (a)Students in the experimental group performed significantly higher than students in the control group on motivation. (b)Boys in the experiment group performed significantly higher than boys in the control group on motivation. (c)The middle-ability students in the experimental group performed significantly higher than medium-ability students in the control group on the learning motivation. 3.The interviewing results indicated that students in the experimental group that were satisfied with learning experiences about learning with digital role playing game.