Abstract
One of the hardest courses for students to grasp is mathematics, yet it’s a crucial ability to have. In order to figure out why students behave in a certain way when studying mathematics, researchers must look for the factors that influence their behaviors. This study helped by presenting the Grade 6 students’ learning behaviors in mathematics and their enjoyment of e-learning games. With thirty (30) grade six students as respondents to the adapted-modified survey questionnaire, the study’s objectives for the academic year 2021–2022 were successfully met through the descriptive-correlational research design and purposive sampling technique. The findings demonstrate a positive significant relationship between interest, confidence, motivation, and usefulness that is consistent with students’ learning behavior in mathematics and the enjoyment of e-learning games in terms of concentration, goal clarity, feedback, challenge, autonomy, immersion, social interaction, and knowledge improvement. Findings showed that e-learning games were helpful at increasing students’ interest in the subject. This means that using e-learning games as a good teaching tool can help to enhance and enhance students’ learning behavior. Taking into account the limitations on a specific subject, the study suggests further scrutiny on the enjoyment of e-Learning games as applied in other disciplines.
Keywords: Enjoyment of e-learning games, Grade 6, Learning Behavior Mathematics
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