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The Roundtable is about Word Score, a serious game designed to increase the vocabulary of pupils in upper primary school in the Netherlands. Word Score was used during a national project called Educational Time Extension, in which class time is extended outside scho...ol hours with the aim of increasing learning results of under-performing pupils. The study showed that the use of Word Score can be used effectively during Educational Time Extension. The vocabulary of the pupils who played the game significantly increased. The experiences of both pupils and teachers were very positive. The pupils liked to play Word Score and the teachers were very enthusiastic about the game and the results of the pupils.
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Roundtable Serious Gaming
Implementing a Serious Vocabulary Game for Primary School Underachievers
Petra Fisser, Mila Bom & Joke Voogt
University of Twente, Curriculum Design & Educational Innovation
7 March 2012
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This roundtable…
Something about primary school underachievers
vocabulary education
serious game “Word Score”
findings from our pilot project
Questions for you! Experiences with under achievers & vocabulary education?
Experiences with serious games?
But first… find us on Facebook: SITE Word Score(http://www.facebook.com/groups/289266774475402/)
Our Context
5 schools in the region of Twente, the Netherlands relatively high population of pupils who are underachieving in
reading and mathematics participating in the project Educational Time Extension (ETE)
Dutch national project of the Ministry of Education
stimulates primary schools to fight underachievement through
focusing on pupils from upper primary schools that are underperforming
by extending regular teaching time for reading and mathematics through summer schools, weekend schools or extending a regular school day
Our Context
Pupils who are selected to participate in ETE: pupils with a low sore on literacy and mathematics tests
but also underachievers which might be in fact so-called "high potentials“
N Respondents
46 Pupils ETE: experimental group
36 Pupils No ETE: Regular class time: experimental group
60 Pupils No ETE: control group
2 Teachers Only present during ETE
6 Teachers Present during teaching time and ETE
2 Teachers Present during regular class time
Word Score & FC Twente
Development of Taaltreffers initiated by the Foundation “FC Twente, Scoring in the Community”
FC Twente is one of the Dutch professional soccer clubs, has its home in the city of Enschede and is the national soccer champion
Scoring in the Community: a belief that FC Twente should be engaged in society, especially in the direct surroundings of the stadium to enhance solidarity between all “neighbors” Word Score Response to vocabulary deficiencies in some of the areas
around the stadium where people with a lower socio-economic status live
FC Twente & University of Twente
The foundation invited the University of Twente to determine the educational value of the game and to study the implementation issues that are related to using the game in practice
Mila!
Word Score
Word Score Online serious game with supporting educational materials Intended to increase the vocabulary of pupils in primary schools in
grades 4-6 (age 9/10-12) in a playful way The students encounter about 400 words, all related to soccer
Journalism Health & safety Administration …
For the entire game with the 400 words and the accompanying lessons teachers and students need about 15 hours
Taaltreffers, the game
“Can you help Twente to win the championship?”
>> Play Word Score
Taaltreffers, the game
Taaltreffers, the game
crowd
Taaltreffers, the game
“Crowd” meansA) Many people togetherB) Separating home and out supportersC) Notification that tickets are sold out
Video or picture related to the word
Words that you already have
Words that have to be found
Taaltreffers, the game
Taaltreffers, the game
Very famous FC Twente player!!
(talking about a meeting that will take place in room 459)
Didactical design of the lesson activities and the game
Taaltreffers and the additional materials are designed with an educational model for learning new vocabulary (Verhallen & Verhallen, 1994) activating previous knowledge (in class) giving meaning to new words (in class) consolidating the new words (in game) testing if the new words have become part of the daily
vocabulary (in game) The game itself is build by a professional company (IJsfontein)
Our pilot study
pre-test (vocabulary test and the attitude questionnaire) experimental group played Word Score for four weeks post-test (vocabulary test and the attitude questionnaire) teachers were interviewed
a t-test of the different conditions was calculated scores of the experimental and control group were compared the increase in vocabulary per pupil was determined
Results of the study
Group N Average of good answers on the test
Standard Deviation
t df Significance (1-sided)
Cohen's d
pre post pre post
Experimental group (game)
82 26.77 29.13 6.639 7.757 -2.098 162 0.019 * 0.3
ETE 46 29.35 32.52 6.509 6.470 -2.346 90 0.011 * 0.5
Regular class time
36 23.47 24.81 5.256 7.147 -0.902 70 0.185
Control group 60 30.12 31.53 6.298 6.419 -1.220 118 0.113
* Significant difference
pupils in the ETE group
improved their vocabulary
(with a medium effect size)
Conclusion
Word Score increases the vocabulary of the pupils in the ETE condition
The teachers who participated in ETE were very positive about Word Score: learning vocabulary through a serious game has a high potential (they are also eager to participate in the next version of Word Score)
The pupils were also enthusiastic about Word Score. They were challenged and motivated by the game
Questions
Are serious games such as Word Score an addition to supporting under-achievers or high potentials?
Could serious games be a catalyst for children that might not be motivated to learn in more traditional ways?
What kind of support do teachers need to implement a serious game such as Word Score?
Other questions? Comments? Feedback?
Further information
Petra Fisser, [email protected] Mila Bom, [email protected] Joke Voogt, [email protected]
for the Dutch people: www.taaltreffers.nl
And of course our SITE Facebook group!
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