Call for Papers: The Game, a Gamified Tool for Teaching Scientific Writing in Engineering Students

Rosa  Núñez-Pacheco; Elizabeth  Vidal Duarte; Osbaldo   Turpo-Gebera; Eveling   Castro-Gutiérrez

Authors

Rosa Núñez-Pacheco Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4576-6224
Elizabeth Vidal Duarte Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8367-9439
Osbaldo Turpo-Gebera Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2199-561X
Eveling Castro-Gutiérrez Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0203-041X

Keywords:

Academic writing, Gamification, Engineering, Platform, User Experience, Usability

Abstract

This paper presents the evaluation of the alpha version of a gamified tool called Call for Papers: The Game (CfP:TG), specially designed for teaching scientific writing in the training of future engineers. A non-probabilistic convenience sampling was carried out with the participation of engineering students from a Peruvian public university. The short version of the user experience questionnaire (UEQ) was applied, and usability was qualitatively evaluated. The main results indicate that the Pragmatic Quality of CfP:TG is in the neutral range with a value of 0.729, and the Hedonic Quality receives a positive evaluation with a value of 1.089.

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