A study of Role-playing Games in Undergraduate Astronomy Classes

10/18/00


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A study of Role-playing Games in Undergraduate Astronomy Classes

Talk Outline:

These Notes

Classroom Role-playing Games

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Planetary Climate Exercise: Carbon Dioxide Cycle

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Research Goals

Methodology

Minute Papers

Focus Groups

Were student attitudes changed?

How many students mentioned, in their minute papers, that the most important thing they had learned that week was about the nature of science?

Minute paper responses

Typical quotes: “The most important thing I learned this week was…”

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Is there a Disaffected Minority?

ANUSET Questionnaire Responses

So why do they work?

More quotes

Sense of Self Worth

Prizes

More Detailed Conclusions.

Conclusions

Author: Paul Francis

Email: pfrancis@mso.anu.edu.au

Home Page: http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~pfrancis/