An Exploratory Study of Student Persistence and its Relationship with Achievement While Using a Game-based Learning Environment

• Main Authors: Palaoag, Thelma D, Rodrigo, Ma. Mercedes T, Andres, Juan Miguel L
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2015
• Subjects: Persistence; affect; game-based learning; Computer Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/discs-faculty-pubs/154; http://penoy.admu.edu.ph/~alls/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/paper_43.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This study tests the common wisdom that persistence leads to academic success. We explore indicators or markers of persistence exhibited by 60 students from Baguio City, Philippines as they played a game-based learning environment called Physics Playground. The study attempted to determine the exten...