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Let’s Play! Using Academic Games and Friendly Competition to Enhance Content Knowledge
Type: Text
Year: 2016, 2016, 2016, 2016
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Dassa, Lori, Osborne, Chelsea
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Description: My research question was to determine if using academic
games and friendly competitions during instruction
would increase the knowledge of 5th grade
students in science content. To test this hypothesis, I
created a pre/post assessment cycle design focusing
on the human body standard. Participants included
20 5th graders at Park Lakes Elementary. These students
took a pre test, were… more
Full Text: Let’s Play! Using Academic Games and Friendly Competition to Enhance Content Knowledge. Chelsea Osborne and Dr. Lori Dassa College of Education of Florida Atlantic University Method Can incorporating academic games and friendly competition lead to …