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April 12, 2025
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Kahoot! as a tool to enhance learning for engineering students in economics & management courses

Publicated to: International Journal of Management Education. 23 (2): 101173- - 2025-07-01 23(2), DOI: 10.1016/j.ijme.2025.101173

Authors:

Navarro-Castillo, Y; Pablo-Lerchundi, I; Morales-Alonso, G
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Univ Nacl Agr Molina, Dept Business Adm, Lima, Peru - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Ind Engn Business Adm & Stat, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Inst Educ Sci, Madrid, Spain - Author
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Abstract

This study investigates the effectiveness of gamification tools, specifically Kahoot!, in improving the academic performance of materials engineering students enrolled in the Business Organization course. This quantitative research with a pre-experimental design analyzed the impact of Kahoot! quizzes on engineering students enrolled in management courses. These quizzes were utilized to assess student knowledge of course content. Upon course completion, a satisfaction survey was conducted to gauge student perceptions of the learning experience. To analyze the data, the Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis H-test were used to compare grades between groups that utilized Kahoot and those that did not. Furthermore, Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was employed to analyze the responses from the satisfaction survey. These findings highlight the potential of gamification to enhance student engagement, motivation, and ultimately, academic outcomes. This research contributes to the growing body of literature on gamification in education by providing empirical evidence of its effectiveness in engineering contexts. The findings offer educators actionable pedagogical strategies to enhance real-time student learning and engagement, thereby maximizing student potential in the classroom. Specifically, this study demonstrates how the implementation of Kahoot! in management courses for engineering students can improve assimilation of complex concepts.
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Keywords

Academic performanceAssessmentBusiness organizatioBusiness organizationCovid-19EngagementGamificationHigher educationImpacScience

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Journal of Management Education due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 9/762, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Education & Educational Research. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-11:

  • WoS: 2
  • Scopus: 1
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-11:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 105 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

    It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

    • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
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    Leadership analysis of institutional authors

    This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Peru.

    There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Navarro-Castillo, Y) and Last Author (MORALES ALONSO, GUSTAVO).

    the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Navarro-Castillo, Y.

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