"Using Games and Movement in the Classroom to Help Boost Students Compr" by Madison Lynn
 

Level of Education of Students Involved

Undergraduate

Faculty Sponsor

Selina Bartels

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College

College of Arts & Sciences (CAS)

Discipline(s)

Elementary Education

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Presentation Type

Poster Presentation

Symposium Date

Spring 4-24-2025

Abstract

The idea for this project is to see if using games and movement in a lesson will help students' comprehension of a lesson. I wanted to test this because students sitting for a long period of time will start to zone out and lose interest. When students zone out and you go to do an assessment the student won't remember as well because they weren't engaged in the lesson. The theory I used for research is Vygotsky's theory because it is about using play-based learning in the classroom and having a collaborative approach to learning. My hypothesis for this project is that movement and games help students' comprehension. First, I introduced a reading passage to the students and then the next day after reading it I had them take an assessment that asked 5 questions of all multiple choice. Then I read the students the passage again the next day and then I played a jeopardy game with them, they answered questions based on the passage while working in teams. The students came up one at a time against someone with the opposing team and whoever answered correctly first got the points for their team. After the game was finished, I gave them the same assessment with the same questions. Lastly I compared their results before and after the game. When I tested this, I actually found positive results. The scores improved from the first time so playing a game and moving around helped them comprehend the passage better.

Biographical Information about Author(s)

The idea for this project came from seeing students disengaged in a lesson when the teacher just talks and gives out worksheets. This will lead to students disengaging and not listen to the lesson being taught. Learning for the students can be fun if we as teachers use different ideas to make it fun. I will use this method in my classroom in the future because I students to learn but have fun as well.

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