Mobile Learning Game Effectiveness in Cognitive Learning by Adults: A Comparative Study

摘要

Background. The effectiveness of digital game-based learning is an importantrnissue. Mobile learning games (MLG) are rapidly growing trends among therndigital game-based learning genre. Although many studies have been conductedrnand mobile games have been shown to have an unquestionable potential as arnlearning method, their effectiveness has not been fully proven, and the positivernimpacts and outcomes of mobile learning games with respect to learning havernyet to be investigated.rnAim. The study aimed at capturing the cognitive learning outcomes and thernprocess of knowledge acquisition. The study has demonstrated both positive andrnnegative cognitive learning effects of using mobile learning game in comparisonrnwith the textbook learning process.rnMethodology. This article presents a comparative study conducted on a group ofrn160 freshman students majoring in management and finance. The participants ofrnthe study, divided into subgroups, were taught using either textbook-basedrnlearning or a mobile learning game. Three tests were applied to measurerntheir performance: a pre-test at the beginning of the experiment, and twornpost-tests, the first administered directly after the learning process and thernsecond 2-3 weeks after the initial learning.rnResults and recommendations. MLG have been proven to create many positiverneffect for learning. It is as effective in transferring factual knowledge asrntextbook learning, when measured directly after the learning process. In longer term, the effects are blurred because the affective effects interfere with thernmeasurement.