Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Should students play games (software) in school?
As a teacher of science, I feel that games are beneficial to students in many ways. In the teaching of Chemistry and Biology, I have my students use computer games and eclick software to review for chapter tests. The competition that the games bring has had a positive impact on my advanced students. My inclusion Biology class last year seemed to enjoy the use of the computer games and the competition among the students was positive as well. I do think that the games should be done in cooperative groups and should not take the place of the actual teaching of a course. They should be used instead as a review or to enhance teaching.
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I agree. I usually use some type of online jeopardy game to review my middle school students for semester exams and big standardized tests. I find that they are usually more attentive and participate better.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both of you. When I interned in 2nd grade, the children loved playing "Who Want to be A Millionare" to help study for their tests. Not only did they pay attention, they all participated in it!
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