A Study on Applying Game-Based Learning to Cooperative Learning

Cooperative learning has been proved to be a learning method that can enhance students' learning motivation and effectiveness. However, many examples have shown that students with better performance tend to lead others to achieve teachers' teaching objective, and thus, turn cooperative learning into massed learning. This study intended to combine game-based learning (GBL) with cooperative learning to enable students to better integrate themselves into the activities of cooperative learning in games, and utilize competitiveness in games to develop interests in academic courses, in order to enhance their motivation of self-learning and further improve their learning effectiveness.