Game-based approach is a kind of instructional activity, which integrates games into teaching for instructional goals. Through game-based approach, instructional goals achieved more easily. Under the teachers' guide, students can learn knowledge and improve abilities.
2. Game-
• A game is structured playing usually undertaken for
enjoyment and sometimes used as an educational
tool.
• Games = Art = Work
• Key components of games are goals, rules,
challenge, and interaction.
• Games generally involve mental or physical
stimulation, and often both.
• Many games help develop practical skills, serve as
a form of exercise, or otherwise perform an
educational, situational psychological role.
3. • A procedure which employs skills and/or
chance and has a winner.
• Predominantly used to practice and reinforce
the basic skills.
• Additionally can be used to introduce new
concepts and develop logical thinking and
P.S.Strategies.
14. Some Popular Types of Games
Sports Card Games Video Games
Lawn Games Dice Games Online Games
Tabletop Games Domino And Tile
Games
Role-playing
Games
Dexterity And
Coordination
Games
Pencil And Paper
Games
Business Games
Board Games Guessing Games Simulation
15. Game – The Key Modeling Tool
• In game teaching situation it consists of producing a
game specific to the target knowledge among
different subsystems, the educational system, the
student system, a person's social environment etc.
• Here knowledge is the means of understanding the
ground rules and strategies and later the means of
elaborating the winning strategies and obtaining the
results being sought.
• The game must allow a representation of all
situations so long as they manage to make the
students learn one form of the target knowledge.
16. Educational Implications
• Usually highly motivating
• Pupils enjoy playing games
• More likely to generate greater understanding
and retention
• Games are an active approach to learning
• Good attitude towards Maths is fostered
through games.
17. Participant debriefing
The teacher asks the following questions-
1.Were all the instructions clear?
2.How did you feel while playing the game?
3.Did you experience any difficulty at any stage?
4.If yes, at what stage did you experience the
difficulty?
5.Do you need to have any special qualities to play
this game?
6.How did you feel when you were successful/not
successful?