Effects of Educational Games as Instructional Tools in Teaching College Algebra

Abstract

Educational games explicitly designed with educational purposes and help people learn about certain subjects, expand concepts, reinforce development, understand a historical event or culture or assist
them in learning skills as they play games. The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of educational games as instructional tools in teaching College Algebra among first-year students. Mean scores were used
to determine the performances of the two groups, while paired samples t-tests were used to determine the differences in their test results. Data were collected, organized, presented, analyzed, and interpreted using
the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software program. Subjects in the experimental group had better performance than the control group. Based on their pre-test mean score and an increase in mean
score on post-test shows the success and impact of the intervention. Likewise, there were significant differences between the pre-test and post-test results on the experimental group. These results revealed that
educational games as instructional tools increase the performance of the learners. This finding is evidence that the educational game has the potential to facilitate students’ learning of college algebra.