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We saw small increases in performance after each change to the protocol
for the game-design project. Over time,
those small gains added up, and at the
end of the three-year research project,
students who created games scored significantly higher on end-of-unit assessments than students who did not.
Game design projects can incorporate multiple disciplines for the
content and writing of the narrative.
For example, an elementary classroom
could use elements of science and social studies in the games’ content and
narrative, with a focus on a particular
writing style. As science education
Game design projects can incorporate multiple disciplines
for the content and writing of the narrative.
standards, educators will need to design a wide variety of experiences for
students to express their abilities in
authentic science practices. Designing
a game may be one way for students
to do so.
—Jason Siko is an assistant professor of
educational technology at Grand Valley
State University in Allendale, Michigan, USA.
His dissertation focused on homemade PowerPoint games. Previously, he was a high school
biology and chemistry teacher in Clarkston,
Michigan, USA.
—Michael Barbour is director of doctoral
studies for the Farrington College of Education
and assistant professor of educational leadership at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield,
Connecticut. He has been researching homemade PowerPoint games for the past decade.
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