Gaming as a Platform for Developing Science Practices

Autor/inn/en	Campbell, Todd; Dowdle, Gayle; Shelton, Brett E.; Olsen, Jeffrey; Longhurst, Max; Beckett, Harrison
Titel	Gaming as a Platform for Developing Science Practices
Quelle	In: Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 50 (2013) 3, S.90-98 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8121
DOI	10.1080/00368121.2013.803013
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Video Games; Science Instruction; Science Experiments; Inquiry; Student Motivation; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Grade 8; Problem Solving; Student Research; Homework; Middle School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Schulische Motivation; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Problemlösen; Studentenforschung; Hausaufgabe; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin
Abstract	Gaming, an integral part of many students' lives outside school, can provide an engaging platform for focusing students on important disciplinary core concepts as an entry into developing students' understanding of these concepts through science practices. This article highlights how S'cape can be used to support student learning aligned with the most recent standards documents. Through combining students' initial engagement in a motivating gaming experience with a two-experiment scaffolded inquiry sequence enhanced with information literacy-targeted homework, this article reveals how support can be offered for asking questions, planning and carrying out investigations, analyzing and interpreting data, constructing explanations, and engaging in argument from evidence to refine understandings of core concepts. We believe that as science teachers strive to explore important concepts with students through allowing them to actually practice science, games such as S'cape strategically leveraged and sequenced with scaffolded inquiry experiences can support these efforts. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01