Any of the distinct groups into which humans can be classified based on personality traits, attitudes, behaviour patterns, physical appearance, or other distinguishing features.
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The Contribution of Diversity Towards Player Traits of Learners in a Classroom: Constructing a Theoretical Conceptual Framework
Darren Lim Yie (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia) and
Mageswaran Sanmugam (Centre for Instructional Technology and Multimedia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia)
Copyright: © 2023
|Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3595-3.ch007
Abstract
Player traits are closely related to the personality of a person, which could be also known as the categorization of players based on their interest in certain game elements or game mechanics. Since the debut of gamification and game-based learning, educational institutions had implemented them within the learning context. Such an act had increased the value of the player traits study, as it serves as a guideline for the game designers to suit the players' needs, increasing players' experience, motivation, and engagement. Nowadays, diversity in the classroom is frequent, especially in a school in the era of globalization. However, in the Malaysian context, diversity has existed since the building of this nation. Cross-reference between several studies done by previous researchers will be used in this paper. In this chapter, the authors wish to propose a theoretical conceptual framework by linking diversity to player traits which hopefully can provide a new insight for instructional designers, educators, and lesson planners in the future.