Study Based on Gamification of Tests through and Reward Game Cards as an Innovative Tool in Physiotherapy Students: A Preliminary Study.

BACKGROUND

is an educational tool allowing teachers to create a series of gamified tests with the aim of reinforcing educational content, thus improving the teaching-learning process. The objective of this project is to evaluate the acquisition of content through gamified tests with and reward cards compared to the traditional teaching methodology (contents not reinforced).

METHODS

This Physiotherapy Teaching Innovation Project (PTIP) was carried out in four subjects of the Degree in Physiotherapy at the University of Jaén (Spain). The teachers responsible for each subject were instructed in the use of and reward cards. These teachers randomly selected the contents that were going to be reinforced with while the other 50% of the contents would not be reinforced. In the final exam of each subject, the results related to the reinforced contents were compared with those non-reinforced and the degree of satisfaction of the students with the experience was evaluated.

RESULTS

A total of 313 students participated in this PTIP. In all subjects, we determined a significant increase in the number of correct answers in an improvement range from 7% (95% CI 3.85 to 9.38) to more than 20% (95% CI 17.61 to 26.86) in favor of the questions that alluded to reinforced content using compared to the non-reinforced contents. More than 90% of the participants considered the use of useful and motivating. Our findings showed that motivated more than 65% of students to study daily.

CONCLUSIONS

The students obtained better academic results in the questions related to contents reinforced with tests through and reward cards compared to those non-reinforced, showing that this methodology can be an effective tool to promote retention and content assimilation.