Implementing a Game-Based Instructional Design Strategy in the Eighth Grade Science Classroom: Teaching Science the Chutes and Ladders Way!

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Author(s): Angela Dowling (Suncrest Middle School, USA)and Terence C. Ahern (West Virginia University, USA)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 17
Source title: Examining the Evolution of Gaming and Its Impact on Social, Cultural, and Political Perspectives
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Keri Duncan Valentine (West Virginia University, USA)and Lucas John Jensen (Georgia Southern University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0261-6.ch014

Keywords: Digital Media / Gaming / Information Science Reference / Media & Communications

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This chapter examines the effects of a game-like environment on instructional activity design and learning outcomes in a middle school general science class. The authors investigated if science content can be designed and successfully delivered instructionally using a game-like learning environment. The authors also wanted to investigate if by utilizing a game-design method could class and student engagement be increased. The results indicated that the instructional design of the unit using a game-like environment was successful and students exhibited learning. The authors also address the challenges inherent in utilizing this instructional strategy.

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