Personality Effects on Students' Intrinsic Motivation in a Gamified Learning Environment

Abstract

Promoting intrinsic motivation in classrooms is the central focus of many researchers. Particularly, several studies found that students' individual differences might affect their level of intrinsic motivation. Since personality is considered as one of the most important indicators of individual differences, this study investigates the effect of personality on students' level of intrinsic motivation in a gamified and self-determined online environment. The obtained results showed that only extraversion, conscientiousness and openness personality traits significantly affect students' level of intrinsic motivation to learn. These findings can be considered by designers of gamified learning environments to provide more game design elements in order to enhance students' intrinsic motivation based on their personalities.