JIPI (Jurnal IPA dan Pembelajaran IPA)
Vol. 10 No. 2: JUNE 2026

Problem-Oriented Gamification: Enhancing Creative Thinking Through the Electrical Monster Invaders Game

Valencia Fidelia Soetra (Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia)
Nadi Suprapto (Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia)
Adrian Bagas Damarsha (Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia)
Indri Maya Ariana (Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia)
Khofifatur Risma Faradillah (Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia)
Muhammad Ghiyats Naufal (Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia)
Husni Mubarok (Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia)
Alif Syaiful Adam (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, Province of China)



Article Info

Publish Date
22 Jun 2026

Abstract

Physics education continues to face challenges due to students’ low levels of creative thinking skills (CTS) and the limited integration of problem-solving with gamification approaches in electromagnetic induction material. The research aims to describe significant differences in students’ CTS following problem-oriented gamification (POG) instruction supported by Electrical Monster Invaders (EMI), as well as students’ responses to the instruction. This research uses a quantitative experimental design involving one experimental class and two replication classes. Data collecting through CTS tests and student response questionnaires, analyzed using partial least squares structural equation models (PLS-SEM) to identify patterns of relationships among variables. The results indicate that POG-assisted learning using EMI effectively and consistently enhances CTS across all groups. Improvements were observed in every indicator. Structural analysis explains that POG plays a dominant role in shaping CTS, while the EMI serves as a supporting medium with an acceptable level of model fit. This study confirms that integration of problem-based learning, gamification, and interactive media is a relevant innovative strategy for enhancing CTS in physics learning (PL).

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JIPI (Jurnal IPA dan Pembelajaran IPA) has the abbreviation JIPI and is a journal published by the Master of Science Education Study Program at the Postgraduate School of Syiah Kuala University, in collaboration with the Indonesian Science Educators Association (PPII). JIPI aims to present original ...