Game Based Learning

Done by: Soh Yang Jie Tan Baona Tan Yan Ting Zailany

Why Game Based Learning?Digital Game-Based Learning can play an

important role in learning material that is not intrinsically motivating to anyone, but which needs to be learned. (Prensky, 2001)

Need for interactive, engaging platforms for Meaningful Learning

Goals and objectives in games

Mistakes are committed in risk-free environment, able to learn to do things the right way

Traditional vs Game Based

•Tremendously Engaging•Catered to learner’s pace•Immediate feedback•Able to apply what’s learnt into the Real-World

Background Information

Primary 4Duration: 1.5 hours (3 periods)

Assumptions MadeHigh ability class

Features of an instructional text type and know how to identify

Venue: game lab with Nintendo Wiis Students are issued school laptops/tablets

Game Information

Lesson Objectivesi. Students should be able to identify

grammatical features (nouns, verbs and tenses) that are specific to the procedural/instructional text type.

ii. Students will be able to synthesize what they have learned by creating a new recipe on their own with correct usage of nouns, verbs and tenses.

Lesson Description1. Teacher engages prior knowledge of students by conducting

a recap session about the procedural text type. (mini quiz to recap)

2. Teacher will demonstrate desirable behaviours for the lesson

3. Teacher will provide instructions & rules to comply with. Groups of 5 per group will be formed by teacher

4. Students will play the game. (for about 30mins). Each member of the group has to at least play through one recipe each. While playing, students will pick out and analyze grammatical features of each recipe played. [nouns, tenses and verbs]

Lesson Description6. Consolidate and analyse all grammatical features identified

by the students to rectify any misconceptions.

7. Get students to conduct research and synthesize their own recipes. Created recipes will be posted on lino by students.

8. Recipes created will be analyzed by the students.

9. Results of Analysis will be presented to the class. (using their preferred ICT platform)

10. Teacher conducts a conclusion session, recapping on verbs/nouns/tenses used and hints to students about club sandwich making lesson in next session.

Dimensions of Meaningful Learning

ICT Tools used: Cooking Mama: World Kitchen on the gaming platform Nintendo Wii, Lino

1. Engage by Prior Knowledge2. Collaborative Learning3. Self Directed Learning4. Learn-by-Doing5. Real World Context

References

Prensky, M. (2001). Digital Game-Based Learning. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill

Good Video Games and Good Learning James Paul GeePhi Kappa Phi Forum; Summer 2005; 85, 2; ProQuest Education Journals pg. 33 New Media Institute. (n.d.) Game-Based Learning: What it is, Why it Works, and Where it's Going. Retrieved from http://www.newmedia.org/game-based-learning--what-it-is-why-it-works-and-where-its-going.html

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