Effectiveness of Game-Based Learning on Academic Achievement of Students in ‎Mathematics

  • Authors

    • Ms. ‎Sunaina Gupta Gupta, ‎Research ‎Scholar, ‎Lovely ‎Professional ‎University, ‎PunjabGupta, ‎Research ‎Scholar, ‎Lovely ‎Professional ‎University, ‎Punjab
    • Dr. ‎Gifty ‎ Arora Arora, Assistant ‎Professor, ‎Lovely ‎Professional ‎University, ‎Punjab
    https://doi.org/10.14419/6cqvz309

    Received date: May 15, 2025

    Accepted date: July 23, 2025

    Published date: November 6, 2025

  • Mathematics; Traditional Method of Teaching; Game-Based Teaching; Achievement

  • Abstract

    In our everyday life, mathematics is an essential ability. The study of mathematics may be ‎beneficial for all professions, including those of a chef, tailor, shop owner, farmer, fashion ‎designer, vegetable seller, worker, and scientist. Thus, mathematics should be taught to produce ‎effective outcomes rather than just as a topic to be learned. It has been noted that choosing the ‎right teaching strategy improves student performance and logically fosters a favorable outcome. ‎The objective of the study is to examine the effect of game-based teaching and the traditional ‎method of teaching on students' achievement in Mathematics at the elementary stage. The study ‎was experimental, based on a pre-test, post-test control group design. One unit of mensuration was ‎selected from the sixth-grade JKBOSE textbook. 80 students of the sixth grade from Government ‎Girls High School, Bhagwati Nagar, Jammu, were taken randomly. A pre-test was administered. ‎Students were randomly divided into two groups (experimental and control). Both groups were ‎taught for one month. Games were used for the experimental group, and the other group was ‎taught traditionally. The games were non-digital. The time for teaching mathematics was 40 ‎minutes daily for each group. A t-test was applied to the pretest and post-test scores to check ‎whether there was a difference in the performance of the two groups. The findings of the study ‎revealed that Mathematics should be taught with games at the elementary level‎.

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    Gupta, M. ‎Sunaina ., & Arora, D. ‎Gifty ‎. (2025). Effectiveness of Game-Based Learning on Academic Achievement of Students in ‎Mathematics. International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 14(7), 199-203. https://doi.org/10.14419/6cqvz309