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ERIC Number: EJ1024639
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Mar
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1931-7913
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Development and Effectiveness of an Educational Card Game as Supplementary Material in Understanding Selected Topics in Biology
Gutierrez, Arnel F.
CBE - Life Sciences Education, v13 n1 p76-82 Mar 2014
The complex concepts and vocabulary of biology classes discourage many students. In this study, a pretest-posttest model was used to test the effectiveness of an educational card game in reinforcing biological concepts in comparison with traditional teaching methods. The subjects of this study were two biology classes at Bulacan State University-Sarmiento Campus. Both classes received conventional instruction; however, the experimental group's instruction was supplemented with the card game, while the control group's instruction was reinforced with traditional exercises and assignments. The score increases from pretest to posttest showed that both methods effectively reinforced biological concepts, but a "t" test showed that the card game is more effective than traditional teaching methods. Additionally, students from the experimental group evaluated the card game using five criteria: goals, design, organization, playability, and usefulness. The students rated the material very satisfactory. [Supplemental material for this article can be found at: http://www.lifescied.org/content/suppl/2014/02/12/13.1.76.DC1.html.]
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Philippines
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