Effects of the use of leaderboards in education

• Main Authors: CHIU, Yu-Hsien, NAH, Fiona Fui-hoon
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• Subjects: Gamification; leaderboards; education; motivation; experiment; Databases and Information Systems; Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research; Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/10046; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/11046/viewcontent/Effects_of_the_Use_of_Leaderboards_in_Education_pv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Gamification has been used in education to increase student motivation and performance. In this research, we are interested to examine the effect of leaderboards on student motivation by assessing the interest of students to complete optional practice questions provided to them in a course. Based on goal setting theory and cognitive evaluation theory, we hypothesize that the use of leaderboards will lead to increased student motivation. We designed a within-subject experiment where leaderboards were not provided in the first half of the semester for the optional assignments comprising practice questions but were provided in the second half of the semester in order to assess any change in student motivation. The results will be analyzed and presented at the conference.