El Impacto de la Gamificación en la Compresión del Teorema de Bayes: Un Estudio Utilizando la Simulación del Dilema de Monty Hall
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18-07-2025
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La gamificación es frecuentemente utilizada en el aprendizaje de conceptos complejos. Este estudio tiene como objetivo examinar el impacto de una intervención de gamificación en la comprensión del Teorema de Bayes y su aplicación en la toma de decisiones empresariales por parte de estudiantes universitarios. Para lograrlo, se ha desarrollado un modelo de simulación basado en agentes que facilita la práctica con el dilema de Monty Hall. Posteriormente, se ha realizado un experimento pareado con respuestas binarias en dos grupos de estudiantes (el primero con 67 estudiantes y el segundo con 55) en diferentes contextos. Mediante una metodología de juego de preguntas y respuestas, los hallazgos indican que la intervención de la gamificación resulta en un aumento del 32,83% y 18,18% en la precisión de las respuestas proporcionadas por los estudiantes (del primer y segundo grupo respectivamente) antes y después de interactuar con el modelo. Esta diferencia entre ambos grupos puede deberse al mayor dominio de los conceptos probabilísticos por parte de los alumnos pertenecientes al segundo grupo. En cualquier caso, parece que el incremento de motivación y compromiso generado por la gamificación contribuye a una adquisición más efectiva de los conceptos abordados y a reducir potencialmente las tasas de abandono.Palabras clave:
Toma de decisiones empresariales, aprendizaje de conceptos complejos, pruebas pareadas con juegos de preguntas y respuestas, modelado basado en agentes, educación superior
Agencias de apoyo
- This work has been supported by the research funds granted by the University of Burgos and the IFIE through the project "Analysis of time management in university students: improvement in class attendance and grades through machine learning and gamification". Call for applications for grants to teaching innovation groups recognized for the development of teaching materials for the years 2023 and 2024. And by the State Research Agency (Ministry of Science and Innovation of the Government of Spain) and FEDER Funds (Knowledge Generation Projects) through the project "Methodologies for solving problems with economic, social and environmental criteria. Application to healthcare resource management" (ECOSOEN-HEALTH, grant ref. PID2022-139543OB-C44). The authors deeply appreciate the support received.
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