Learning Through Gamification in Higher Education

Learning Through Play in a University Degree: a Randomized Controlled Trial

"Health care legislation, management and administration" is a basic subject offered in the physical therapy university degree. The juridical features of this subject usually provokes a lack of motivation between students. Although not commonly used in university teaching, gamification could provide further affordances for improving students' engagement which provokes better assistance and learning outcomes.

• 51 students of "Health legislation, management and administration" subject of the Physical Therapy University Degree of the Catholic University of Murcia will be recruited.
• Participants will be randomly assigned into two groups: control group (traditional teaching methods) and intervention group (gamification).
• Class attendance and academic results will be register for future analysis.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Students enrolled in the subject during academic year 19-20.
• Students included must not have taken the subject before.
• Students must be able to understand and speak the Spanish language.

Exclusion Criteria:

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