ERIC Number: EJ969265
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Mar
Pages: 9
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Teaching the Biological Consequences of Alcohol Abuse through an Online Game: Impacts among Secondary Students
Klisch, Yvonne; Miller, Leslie M.; Beier, Margaret E.; Wang, Shu
CBE - Life Sciences Education, v11 n1 p94-102 Mar 2012
A multimedia game was designed to serve as a dual-purpose intervention that aligned with National Science Content Standards, while also conveying knowledge about the consequences of alcohol consumption for a secondary school audience. A tertiary goal was to positively impact adolescents' attitudes toward science through career role-play experiences within the game. In a pretest/delayed posttest design, middle and high school students, both male and female, demonstrated significant gains on measures of content knowledge and attitudes toward science. The best predictors of these outcomes were the players' ratings of the game's usability and satisfaction with the game. The outcomes suggest that game interventions can successfully teach standards-based science content, target age-appropriate health messages, and impact students' attitudes toward science. (Contains 4 tables and 6 figures.)
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Alcohol Abuse, Drinking, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Games, Intervention, Secondary School Students, National Standards, Adolescents, Internet, Middle Schools, High Schools, Career Education, Educational Technology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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