A Development of Game-Based E-Learning Courseware on Flowchart

Abstract

The objectives of this study were 1) to develop and find efficiency a game-based e-learning courseware on Flowchart and 2) to compare learning achievements between the students learning with the courseware and the student learning with the conventional instruction. The samples of the study comprised 152 seventh grade students enrolling Fundamental Programming at Suankularb Wittayalai School, Rangsit in the academic year 2/2014, selected by cluster random sampling method. The research instruments included a game-based    e-learning courseware on Flowchart, quality evaluation form of e-learning courseware and a 20-item learning achievement test with Item Object Congruence Index = 0.67-1.00, Difficulty Index = 0.20-0.80, Discrimination = 0.27-0.73 and Reliability = 0.76.

The results showed that 1) the content quality ( = 4.81 and S.D. = 0.40) and media production quality ( = 4.79 and S.D. = 0.42) of the game-based e-learning courseware were at excellent level, with efficiency E₁/E₂ = 81.52/82.24 and 2) learning achievement of the student learning with the game-based e-learning courseware ( = 16.37) was significantly higher than the students learning with the conventional instruction ( = 14.66) at .05 level.