Game playing as a Strategy to Improve Team Cohesion, Support for Collaborative U-Learning

Abstract

This study investigated how a game playing strategy embedded in collaborative u learning activities affect students’ Team Cohesion and Learning attitude and their learning performance. Participants in this study were fifth grade students in elementary school (N=64); they were randomly assigned into the experiment group and the control group. The Experimental Group and Control Group will be assigned different English activity in the first stage, and in the second stage, two groups conducted the same collaborative u-learning activities. The results indicate that game playing strategy can greatly enhance students’ Team Cohesion and Learning Attitude in our study.