Strengthening Motivation in the Mathematical Engineering Teaching Processes – A Proposal from Gamification and Game-Based Learning

Gamification and game-based learning (GBL) has been widely implemented in educational processes, mainly elementary education; it applied less frequently university education. The objective was to test the effect of game-mediated teaching strategies on mathematics first-year engineering students. A quantitative study done within framework a design-based research. Eighty-one (81) students participated research, all from Dif-ferential Calculus course. Twelve (12) didactic units were designed. instru-ment used Synthesized Instructional Materials Motivation Survey (SIMMS), adapted record categories Attention, Relevance, Confidence Satisfaction (Keller's motivational model). significant contribution pedagogical strategy different motivation verified, whereas significance between collaboration also evident (intervention 2). Finally, can provide preliminary evidences reduc-ing dropout. In conclusion, be strengthen educa-tional processes engineering.