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Kahoot as a data collection tool to work with school age children

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This article describes the experience of using the Kahoot platform as a gamified tool for data collection with K-12 students. The context of its use was exploratory research about Global Network Badges, a student reward system designed to encourage participation and motivation. During this research, the challenge of collecting data with children arose, a defying situation for research teams, which led to the use of a Student Response System (SRS). In this context, Kahoot emerged as a playful resource for gathering students’ opinions without being invasive in the internal dynamics of the classroom, favoring the researcher’s role to go unnoticed, blending in through play and interaction with the participating students. The main contribution of the study is the design of a gamified questionnaire that could be adapted to other similar situations of gathering data from school age students.

Source: Journal on Interactive Systems

DOI: 10.5753/jis.2025.4705

Authors: Manuel Larrosa, Leandro Krug Wives, Virginia Rodés

Institutions: Universidad de la República de Uruguay, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Language: English

Topic: Educational Games and Gamification

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Agencia Nacional de Investigación e Innovación, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Universidad de la República Uruguay