The Impact of Conceptual Learning in Quran Education Based on Escape Room Game on Elementary School Students' Academic Engagement

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of conceptual learning in Quran education based on the escape room game on the academic engagement of third-grade elementary school students. The research method was a semi-experimental pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population of the study included all male third-grade elementary school students in Arak city during the academic year 2022-2023. The convenience sampling method was used to select the sample. Accordingly, 48 students from the third-grade elementary school were selected, and then the selected sample was randomly assigned to experimental (24 students) and control (24 students) groups. Data were collected using the Reeve Academic Engagement Questionnaire (2013). The experimental group received training on the third-grade Quran education using the escape room computer game in 6 sessions, while the control group received conventional training. Descriptive statistical methods (measures of central tendency and dispersion) and inferential statistics (independent t-test and analysis of covariance) were used for data analysis. The findings indicated a significant difference in academic engagement between the experimental and control groups after adjusting pretest scores. Therefore, the results of this study suggest the positive role of using innovative technologies in increasing students' academic engagement in Quran education, proposing the incorporation of gamified conceptual learning into the Quran curriculum in the elementary education department.

Keywords

• gamified learning
• escape room game
• academic engagement
• quran education