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Associate Teaching Professor, Mike Petryk School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Clinical Lecturer, Mike Petryk School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Can J Dent Hyg. 2025 Feb 1;59(1):73-78. eCollection 2025 Feb.
Kahoot! is an online quiz game that has become popular in education, including health professional education. Despite the known benefits of Kahoot!, application of this game in dental hygiene education is rare.
Kahoot! was incorporated into a dental hygiene course at the University of Alberta, Canada. A pilot study was conducted to describe students' experiences with and perspectives on Kahoot! gaming. Nineteen percent (19%) of the students in the course participated in a voluntary, anonymous survey. The results indicated positive impacts of Kahoot! on student components of motivation: attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the survey respondents reported in-class competition in Kahoot! as a source of motivation; 24% found the live leaderboard stressful.
Despite some stressful experiences reported by students, this study suggests that Kahoot! is an excellent tool for promoting student engagement.
Further studies are needed in this area to explore the impact of Kahoot! on the academic performance and learning outcomes of dental hygiene students.
Kahoot! 是一款在线问答游戏，在教育领域，包括卫生专业教育中已颇受欢迎。尽管Kahoot! 有诸多已知益处，但该游戏在口腔卫生教育中的应用却很少见。
Kahoot! 被纳入加拿大阿尔伯塔大学的一门口腔卫生课程。开展了一项试点研究，以描述学生对Kahoot! 游戏的体验和看法。该课程中19% 的学生参与了一项自愿、匿名调查。结果表明，Kahoot! 对学生动机的几个方面产生了积极影响：注意力、相关性、信心和满意度。75% 的调查受访者表示，课堂上的Kahoot! 竞赛是一种动力来源；24% 的人觉得实时排行榜带来压力。
尽管学生们报告了一些有压力的经历，但本研究表明，Kahoot! 是促进学生参与的优秀工具。
该领域需要进一步研究，以探讨Kahoot! 对口腔卫生专业学生学业成绩和学习成果的影响。
