Gamification to avoid cognitive biases: An experiment of gamifying a forecasting course

• Published in: Technological forecasting & social change Vol. 167; p. 120725
• Main Authors: Legaki, Nikoletta-Zampeta, Karpouzis, Kostas, Assimakopoulos, Vassilios, Hamari, Juho
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 01.06.2021; Elsevier B.V; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Between-subjects design; Business administration; Business schools; Climate change; Cognition; Decision Making; Economic change; Economic conditions; Education; Forecasting; Gamification; Global temperature changes; Judgment Bias; Learning; Set (Psychology); Storytelling; Teaching; Treatment methods; Decision Making; Judgment Bias; Education; Forecasting; Gamification; Teaching

•We examined the impact of gamification on learning about judgmental biases.•We ran a 2 (read yes | no) x 2 (gamification yes | no) between-subject experiment.•Our findings reveal positive effects of gamification on learning.•Students exhibited better learning outcomes under gamified condition compa...