{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4401201367","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/computers13080188","title":"Measuring Undergraduates\u2019 Motivation Levels When Learning to Program in Virtual Worlds","display_name":"Measuring Undergraduates\u2019 Motivation Levels When Learning to Program in Virtual Worlds","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-07-31","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4401201367","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/computers13080188"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/computers13080188","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/computers13080188","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/13/8/188/pdf?version=1722580953","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210228075","display_name":"Computers","issn_l":"2073-431X","issn":["2073-431X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Computers","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/13/8/188/pdf?version=1722580953","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5040359274","display_name":"Juan Gabriel L\u00f3pez Sol\u00f3rzano","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8643-1650"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I169046204","display_name":"Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Nuevo Le\u00f3n","ror":"https://ror.org/01fh86n78","country_code":"MX","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I169046204"]}],"countries":["MX"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Juan Gabriel L\u00f3pez Sol\u00f3rzano","raw_affiliation_strings":["Facultad de Contadur\u00eda P\u00fablica y Administraci\u00f3n, Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Nuevo Le\u00f3n, San Nicol\u00e1s de los Garza 66455, Mexico"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Facultad de Contadur\u00eda P\u00fablica y Administraci\u00f3n, Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Nuevo Le\u00f3n, San Nicol\u00e1s de los Garza 66455, Mexico","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I169046204"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5039315903","display_name":"Christian Jonathan \u00c1ngel Rueda","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4780-874X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210156031","display_name":"Polytechnic University of Queretaro","ror":"https://ror.org/0580rm578","country_code":"MX","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210156031"]}],"countries":["MX"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Christian Jonathan \u00c1ngel Rueda","raw_affiliation_strings":["Research, Technological Development and Postgraduate, Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Santa Rosa J\u00e1uregui (UPSRJ), Santiago de Quer\u00e9taro 76220, Mexico"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Research, Technological Development and Postgraduate, Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Santa Rosa J\u00e1uregui (UPSRJ), Santiago de Quer\u00e9taro 76220, Mexico","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210156031"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5043018709","display_name":"Osslan Os\u00edris Vergara Villegas","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6572-6596"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I114756412","display_name":"Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez","ror":"https://ror.org/05fj8cf83","country_code":"MX","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I114756412"]}],"countries":["MX"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Osslan Osiris Vergara Villegas","raw_affiliation_strings":["Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez 32310, Mexico"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez, Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez 32310, Mexico","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I114756412"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5043018709"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I114756412"],"apc_list":{"value":1600,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":1732},"apc_paid":{"value":1600,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":1732},"fwci":0.4119,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.71400394,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":91,"max":95},"biblio":{"volume":"13","issue":"8","first_page":"188","last_page":"188"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10533","display_name":"Teaching and Learning Programming","score":0.9959999918937683,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10533","display_name":"Teaching and Learning Programming","score":0.9959999918937683,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1706","display_name":"Computer Science Applications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10731","display_name":"Educational Games and Gamification","score":0.992900013923645,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3204","display_name":"Developmental and Educational Psychology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/32","display_name":"Psychology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11526","display_name":"Innovative Teaching Methods","score":0.9735999703407288,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3304","display_name":"Education"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/metaverse","display_name":"Metaverse","score":0.7600890398025513},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/test","display_name":"Test (biology)","score":0.6361213326454163},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics-education","display_name":"Mathematics education","score":0.6112924814224243},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/motivation-to-learn","display_name":"Motivation to learn","score":0.5096137523651123},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/psychology","display_name":"Psychology","score":0.47056934237480164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.3995000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/virtual-reality","display_name":"Virtual reality","score":0.28604012727737427},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.15493592619895935}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C53332860","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2632041","display_name":"Metaverse","level":3,"score":0.7600890398025513},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777267654","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3519023","display_name":"Test (biology)","level":2,"score":0.6361213326454163},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C145420912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853077","display_name":"Mathematics education","level":1,"score":0.6112924814224243},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3018311702","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1362435","display_name":"Motivation to learn","level":2,"score":0.5096137523651123},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.47056934237480164},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.3995000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194969405","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170519","display_name":"Virtual reality","level":2,"score":0.28604012727737427},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.15493592619895935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C151730666","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205","display_name":"Paleontology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3390/computers13080188","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/computers13080188","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/13/8/188/pdf?version=1722580953","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210228075","display_name":"Computers","issn_l":"2073-431X","issn":["2073-431X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Computers","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:1b75bb67605042bf82da30de8657db00","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/1b75bb67605042bf82da30de8657db00","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S112646816","display_name":"SHILAP Revista de lepidopterolog\u00eda","issn_l":"0300-5267","issn":["0300-5267","2340-4078"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Computers, Vol 13, Iss 8, p 188 (2024)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/computers13080188","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/computers13080188","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/13/8/188/pdf?version=1722580953","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210228075","display_name":"Computers","issn_l":"2073-431X","issn":["2073-431X"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Computers","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Quality Education","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/4","score":0.41999998688697815}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4401201367.pdf"},"referenced_works_count":84,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W217614890","https://openalex.org/W1482981243","https://openalex.org/W1569347206","https://openalex.org/W1803184879","https://openalex.org/W1824346408","https://openalex.org/W1973562429","https://openalex.org/W1986151080","https://openalex.org/W1991883161","https://openalex.org/W2013807169","https://openalex.org/W2014016327","https://openalex.org/W2018644689","https://openalex.org/W2054759382","https://openalex.org/W2056569531","https://openalex.org/W2126007219","https://openalex.org/W2133594113","https://openalex.org/W2147070375","https://openalex.org/W2147399564","https://openalex.org/W2170757288","https://openalex.org/W2196854537","https://openalex.org/W2275023005","https://openalex.org/W2287906421","https://openalex.org/W2404773998","https://openalex.org/W2480764363","https://openalex.org/W2518885625","https://openalex.org/W2524933109","https://openalex.org/W2558955602","https://openalex.org/W2563826615","https://openalex.org/W2588446734","https://openalex.org/W2743055356","https://openalex.org/W2763441368","https://openalex.org/W2766624855","https://openalex.org/W2794495222","https://openalex.org/W2886224916","https://openalex.org/W2886758707","https://openalex.org/W2899767873","https://openalex.org/W2900923163","https://openalex.org/W2914737895","https://openalex.org/W2921842908","https://openalex.org/W2966665679","https://openalex.org/W2971507424","https://openalex.org/W3013431833","https://openalex.org/W3015772718","https://openalex.org/W3030462996","https://openalex.org/W3031536247","https://openalex.org/W3039207957","https://openalex.org/W3043284449","https://openalex.org/W3088376914","https://openalex.org/W3103508085","https://openalex.org/W3108512231","https://openalex.org/W3128492381","https://openalex.org/W3129603262","https://openalex.org/W3133635976","https://openalex.org/W3145846690","https://openalex.org/W3152309987","https://openalex.org/W3165656291","https://openalex.org/W3177470422","https://openalex.org/W3184620682","https://openalex.org/W3203158868","https://openalex.org/W4210829449","https://openalex.org/W4211211764","https://openalex.org/W4224287253","https://openalex.org/W4251662847","https://openalex.org/W4252610806","https://openalex.org/W4280629545","https://openalex.org/W4283323435","https://openalex.org/W4283768068","https://openalex.org/W4294557511","https://openalex.org/W4296109379","https://openalex.org/W4306790103","https://openalex.org/W4311397369","https://openalex.org/W4312383245","https://openalex.org/W4321118270","https://openalex.org/W4324283919","https://openalex.org/W4361196230","https://openalex.org/W4367835744","https://openalex.org/W4377027728","https://openalex.org/W4378697580","https://openalex.org/W4386093609","https://openalex.org/W4390621766","https://openalex.org/W6608686907","https://openalex.org/W6678994336","https://openalex.org/W6687462241","https://openalex.org/W6696367672","https://openalex.org/W6786040722"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2166821106","https://openalex.org/W4312864667","https://openalex.org/W2616814274","https://openalex.org/W4376853950","https://openalex.org/W4366210097","https://openalex.org/W4366734514","https://openalex.org/W3123892624","https://openalex.org/W3118362053"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Teaching/learning":[0],"programming":[1,53,88],"is":[2,58],"complex,":[3],"and":[4,27,105],"conventional":[5],"classes":[6],"often":[7],"fail":[8],"to":[9,50,124,184],"arouse":[10],"students\u2019":[11,43],"motivation":[12,44,62,107,146],"in":[13,67,79,113,128],"this":[14,73,132,168],"discipline.":[15],"Therefore,":[16],"teachers":[17,166,178],"should":[18],"look":[19],"for":[20,23],"alternative":[21],"methods":[22],"teaching":[24,70,190],"programming.":[25],"Information":[26],"communication":[28],"technologies":[29],"(ICTs)":[30],"can":[31],"be":[32],"a":[33,56,68,80,110,114,120,181],"valuable":[34],"alternative,":[35],"especially":[36],"virtual":[37,48,91,129,142,186],"worlds.":[38,92,130],"This":[39],"study":[40],"measures":[41],"the":[42,84,87,100,106,138,152],"level":[45,108],"when":[46,64,109],"using":[47],"worlds":[49,143,187],"learn":[51,66],"introductory":[52],"skills.":[54],"Moreover,":[55,154],"comparison":[57],"conducted":[59,140],"regarding":[60,83,155],"their":[61,171],"levels":[63,147],"students":[65,77,103,126,172],"traditional":[69,115,149],"setting.":[71],"In":[72,99],"study,":[74],"first-semester":[75],"university":[76],"participated":[78],"pedagogical":[81],"experiment":[82],"learning":[85,127,150],"of":[86],"subject":[89],"employing":[90],"A":[93],"pre-test-post-test":[94],"design":[95,180],"was":[96,117,122],"carried":[97],"out.":[98],"pre-test,":[101],"102":[102],"participated,":[104],"professor":[111],"taught":[112],"modality":[116],"measured.":[118],"Then,":[119],"post-test":[121],"applied":[123],"60":[125],"With":[131],"research,":[133],"we":[134],"have":[135],"found":[136],"that":[137,165],"activity":[139],"with":[141,151,170],"presents":[144],"higher":[145,159],"than":[148,161],"teacher.":[153],"gender,":[156],"women":[157],"present":[158],"confidence":[160],"men.":[162],"We":[163],"recommend":[164],"try":[167],"innovation":[169],"based":[173],"on":[174],"our":[175],"findings.":[176],"However,":[177],"must":[179],"didactic":[182],"model":[183],"integrate":[185],"into":[188],"daily":[189],"activities.":[191]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-03-27T05:58:40.876381","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}