Using a Level-based RPG Educational Game to Enhance Students’ Knowledge of Mathematics

Abstract

This study utilized RPG Maker MZ to develop a simulated mathematical educational game that enables learners to immerse in the digital game while also acquiring knowledge about all units in Mathematics 3A, such as radian measure, trigonometric function graphs, trigonometric angle sum and difference identities, superposition of sine and cosine functions, exponential function, logarithms and its laws, logarithmic function, and plane vector operations, inner products, and applications. The said mathematical educational game aims to increase students’ learning interests and assist them in achieving better learning efficiency. Ninety-three second-graders from a vocational senior high school participated in the study and were given questionnaires to fill out afterward. This study discovered that mathematical educational games enable students to not only go through a variety of situations and experiences but also improve their learning efficiency and their ability to think about the problems around them through virtual life situation-based games. This type of interaction can assist students in better understanding and mastering the flexible application of mathematical concepts and knowledge in a variety of life situations.