Assessing Twenty-First Century Skills through a Teacher Created Video Game for High School Biology Students

Autor/inn/en	Annetta, Leonard A.; Cheng, Meng-Tzu; Holmes, Shawn
Titel	Assessing Twenty-First Century Skills through a Teacher Created Video Game for High School Biology Students
Quelle	In: Research in Science & Technological Education, 28 (2010) 2, S.101-114 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0263-5143
Schlagwörter	Video Games; Educational Games; Computer Uses in Education; Secondary School Science; High School Students; Biology; Genetics; Science Instruction; Teacher Student Relationship; Discussion; Learner Engagement; Time on Task; Skill Development; Thinking Skills; Productivity; Communication Skills; Teacher Developed Materials + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Video game; Videospiel; Videospiele; Educational game; Lernspiel; Computernutzung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Biologie; Humangenetik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Diskussion; Zeitaufwand; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Denkfähigkeit; Produktivität; Kommunikationsstil
Abstract	As twenty-first century skills become a greater focus in K-12 education, an infusion of technology that meets the needs of today's students is paramount. This study looks at the design and creation of a Multiplayer Educational Gaming Application (MEGA) for high school biology students. The quasi-experimental, qualitative design assessed the twenty-first century skills of digital age literacy, inventive thinking, high productivity, and effective communication techniques of the students exposed to a MEGA. Three factors, as they pertained to these skills, emerged from classroom observations. Interaction with the teacher, discussion with peers, and engagement/time-on-task while playing the MEGA suggested that students playing an educational video game exhibited all of the projected twenty-first century skills while being engrossed in the embedded science content. (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10