Share Paper: GAM LAB – a NEWTON Project large scale pilot: evaluating the impact on motivation and affective state of students with hearing impairment learning STEM subjects

  1. Marilena Bratu, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Romania
  2. Cristian Buica-Belciu, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Romania
  3. Jim Playfoot, White Loop Ltd, United Kingdom
  4. Fabio Di Salvadore, Beyond srl, Italy
  5. Carmine De Nicola, Beyond srl, Italy
  6. Emilia Oprisan, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Romania
Friday, June 28 10:45 AM-11:15 AM Jordaan 1&2

Abstract: It is known that in recent years teachers are increasingly dealing with the problem of a lack of student interest and motivation for STEM subjects. This problem was noticed in the case of children with typical development, as well as in the case of children with learning difficulties and physical impairment. This paper reports on the results obtained as a result of the implementation of the GAM LAB Large Scale Pilot, as part of the European Horizon 2020 NEWTON Project, with emphasis on the impact that Gamification and virtual reality (VR) can have on the learning motivation and on the ...