SMALL TEACHING
NAME THAT THEORIST
TEACHING FOR LEARNING
HISTORY OF ACADEMIC GAMES
NAME THE ACADEMIC GAME
100

This_____, as learning researchers call it, has been demonstrated as having plenty of power to boost learning.

What is activation of prior knowledge?

100

This Brazilian educator is renowned for his work "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" and his advocacy for critical pedagogy.


Who is Paulo Freire?

100

This primary method is to directly transfer information from an expert instructor to a group of student novices

What is the lecture method?

100

According to Perla(1990) scholars suggest that games existed as far back as what time period

What is the Stone Age?

100

Following the model of the classic TV show, students play X’s and O’s answering course-related questions.  

What is Hollywood Squares?

200

This effect, also known as the testing effect, is use as a way to help teachers recognize it's significance for student learning in their classrooms

What is the retrieval effect?


200

This theorist developed the concept of "Culturally Relevant Pedagogy," emphasizing the importance of academic success, cultural competence, and critical consciousness for students of color.


Who is Gloria Ladson-Billings?

200

The purpose of this method is for students to engage with course content and concepts

What is the discussion method?

200

The first digital computer game introduced into an academic learning environment during the 1960’s was

What is Spacewar?

200

The instructor provides a problem and a set of items to students. Students have to come up with a solution using the items provided, like the NASA engineers during the Apollo 13 mission.  

What is Houston, We Have a Problem?

300

Emotion is a critical force in what

What motivation?

300

This Brazilian educator is renowned for his work "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" and his advocacy for critical pedagogy.

Who is Paulo Freire?

300

The purpose of this method is to improve student learning

What is Reciprocal Peer teaching?

300

According to McCall (2016), educational games began to seek a more engaging student-learning environment by the middle of which decade?

What is the 1980’s?

300

Useful for reviewing recent lessons or in preparing for exams. Students recall course ideas and receive feedback on whether an answer is right or wrong.  

What is Trivia?

400

This refers to the strategy of learning and practicing the different components of a skill in mixed order

What is interleaving?


400

This philosophy is often summed up with the phrase "Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself."

Who is John Dewey?

400

This helps readers establish goals when they approach a text, enabling them to establish specific objectives that result in deeper learning.

What is Reading strategies?

400

Many early “serious” games were developed for military and warfare purposes and taught this to participants

What is strategy and tactics?

400

Students follow a series of clues and prompts from the instructor to help find information online. This game helps students develop research skills and better understand resources such as libraries.  

What is Webquest?

500

The use of this help students connect the day's course content to some aspect of their lives or experiences outside of the classroom.

What connection notebook?

500

An American educational psychologist known for his "Conditions of Learning" and "Nine Events of Instruction."

Who is Robert Gagné?


500

This strategy helps students translate information and experience into their own words; it helps them understand, strengthen, and build their content knowledge.

What is writing to learn?

500

In higher education environments, early games were influenced by...

What is warfare?

500

This game can be used for reviewing concepts, exam preparation, critical thinking, and applying class material to different contexts. Specifically helps make course content more accessible by providing a vehicle for application through gameplay.  

What is Escape Room?