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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Classroom Activities

I noticed that my students retain information better when I present it in a fun way. So I enjoy playing games when it is time to review for test or quizzes. So when were concluding the chapter on cooking methods, we played the review game. I check out buzzers from our media center and each team member had a chance to come to the answer table. Overall I think the game went well but it was so much moving around, because I wanted each student to have a chance at answering a question. For the most part I feel that the majority of the class gained a lot from the activity but others were still a bit confused. The game was rather fast paced and required students to be attentive to the questions that were read. They all stated they enjoyed the lesson but when it came to test time I still had a few that didn't do to well. I have been looking into designing more games/activites that can be used to help students study for test/ final exams, they seem to have a better response to activities of this nature.

2 comments:

RS said...

I agree with you about information retention being better when learning is fun and presented in games. There are many games we have learned about at NTI. The students are learning from them and it provides them a chance to share information as well as improve learning. One of the games that has worked very well is "Who Wants to be a Millionaire".
The students and I have modified it to where it can be played out with everyones involvement and participation. Who Wants to be a Millionaire provides a good opportunity for reviewing information and preparing for test and exams.

Thanks,
RS in Alpharetta

Dargo said...

that look like a good idea I will haft to try something like that.