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Empowering teachers towards efficacious adoption of game-based learning
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Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference, in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ISBN 978-1-939797-02-5 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

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Recurring barriers and lack of empirical knowledge about the pedagogical nature of teaching with games deter teachers from effectively adopting game-based learning in classrooms. In this paper, we present an in-service teacher’s insights from implementing the Play Curricular activity Reflection and Discussion (PCaRD) model for game-based learning. PCaRD was employed using RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 to teach 5th and 6th grade students about systems thinking in a private K-8 school from January to April 2012. Data sources included interviews, in-class participant and video observations, and after-class teacher-researcher reflective meetings. We report on the teacher’s comprehension of PCaRD as a pedagogical guide and RCT3 as a curricular tool for teaching systems thinking. Conclusions and implications are discussed for teaching with games using the Game-Network Analysis for Teachers (GaNA-T).

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Shah, M., Foster, A. & Betser, S. (2013). Empowering teachers towards efficacious adoption of game-based learning. In R. McBride & M. Searson (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2013--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2956-2964). New Orleans, Louisiana, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 5, 2024 from .

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