Gamification in Teacher Education: Pre-Service Teacher Concept Images

A study of 122 pre-service teachers at a state university's Faculty of Education, conducted using a Solomon four-group experimental design. The dataset contains results from a concept image questionnaire and student journals, collected to examine the effects of gamification-supported teaching on understanding curriculum elements. The research was authored by Funda Uysal and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Conducting statistical analysis of pretest-group interactions based on the described 2-way ANOVA.
• Comparing cognitive and affective outcomes between experimental and control groups based on the reported effect sizes for content and total score.
• Analyzing qualitative themes of motivation, conceptual understanding, and interest-curiosity based on the coded segments from student journals.
• Replicating or extending the Solomon four-group experimental design for similar educational interventions.

Strengths

• Dataset employs a Solomon four-group design, described as a robust method for controlling pretest effects.
• Reports specific quantitative results, including large effect sizes for content (d=1.59) and total score (d=2.04).
• Includes qualitative data with coded segments for themes like motivation (52 segments) and conceptual understanding (47 segments).
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 9.5 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Data collected via a concept image questionnaire and student journals from a controlled experiment.

Time Range

Study period not specified; dataset last updated in 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 30 17:26:12; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Data collected from pre-service teachers at a state university's Faculty of Education; specific country not stated.