Using games to study numbers-based subjects such as maths and economics could help to boost a student’s exam grade from a low 2:1 to a near-first, a new study suggests.
Research from the University of Warwick found that, by including games in learning, student achievement and satisfaction could be significantly increased, with the number of students failing their courses falling significantly.
The study highlights that 83 per cent of courses in economics and business undergraduate statistics courses are taught exclusively using the traditional “chalk-and-talk” methods – just as they were in the 1990s.
Joshua Fullard, lead researcher on the study and assistant professor of behavioural science at Warwick Business School, said that educators had not changed how statistics are taught because the old way was the most cost-effective method, and because their courses were over-reliant on textbooks.
