Department of Psychology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain.
Department of Education, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 8;18(14):7304. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18147304.
Escape rooms and breakout are learning strategies that can facilitate motivation of learning through challenges. In these strategies, students must work as a team and use their reasoning, knowledge, and skills to solve puzzles and challenges related to the content of the curriculum, allowing them to solve the game in a limited time. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of the implementation of an escape room on classroom flow, academic performance, school motivation, and prosocial and antisocial behaviours with higher students in a Special Education master's degree course. The quantitative results show a significant improvement in classroom flow, academic performance, and classroom climate, and a better score in prosocial and antisocial behaviours. The qualitative findings provide a better understanding of these results, and support the conclusion that the use of escape rooms is fun and motivating for students, and facilitates their learning achievement.
密室逃脱和突破是学习策略，可以通过挑战促进学习动机。在这些策略中，学生必须作为一个团队工作，运用他们的推理、知识和技能来解决与课程内容相关的谜题和挑战，从而在有限的时间内解决游戏。本研究的目的是确定在特殊教育硕士课程中为高年级学生实施密室逃脱对课堂氛围、学业成绩、学校动机以及亲社会和反社会行为的影响。定量结果显示课堂氛围、学业成绩和课堂氛围有显著改善，亲社会和反社会行为的得分也有所提高。定性研究结果提供了对这些结果的更好理解，并支持使用密室逃脱对学生来说既有趣又有激励作用，并促进他们的学习成绩的结论。
