Designing games as an assessment tool

One way to truly determine if your students have learned the content is to have them design a game for their peers to play. The author offers several helpful suggestions in game design, grad... See More

One way to truly determine if your students have learned the content is to have them design a game for their peers to play. The author offers several helpful suggestions in game design, grading of games, and types of games that students could make. Personally, I have my chemistry students create a board game as part of their first unit. Then we play the games in order to study for the unit final. I have also had all of my classes write questions for a jeopardy review. We, then, play the game as a class. My students like this so much better than a worksheet or review questions.

Who Doesen't Like Games

This article is a way to engage students in their learning by having them create, in groups, games that the other groups can play to review concepts. There is a grading criteria provided as... See More

This article is a way to engage students in their learning by having them create, in groups, games that the other groups can play to review concepts. There is a grading criteria provided as well as some examples of tradition game formats such as Jeopardy, Bingo, etc. This idea is not new but it works because I have used it in my 8th grade science classes. It creates a fun experience in which students don’t realize they are learning something.