Northeast State’s Alpha Iota Chi chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society researched how playing, played seriously, could improve reading comprehension for elementary school students.
For their 2023-24 PTK Honors in Action community project, the chapter team explored the study topic, The Art and Science of Play and the theme, Play It Forward, exploring how the experience of play can serve as a catalyst for epiphanies, innovations, and inventions.
Alpha Iota Chi members used gaming and active learning theory with third grade students in reading.
The chapter team researched Active Learning Theory and designed a lesson plan using this theory to gamify a reading activity. They put the theory to practice by engaging third grade students participating in a YMCA afterschool program at a local elementary school.
They researched the problem of literacy nationally and in Tennessee, discovering that 61 percent of 4th graders nationally and 59 percent of 4th graders in Tennessee are at the basic level in reading. The research indicated only partial mastery of this fundamental skill. The PTK team sought to learn if “gamification,” or serious games, might improve student engagement thus student learning outcomes in reading. Their research indicated that gamification of education can improve student learning if it is grounded in sound learning theory.
Northeast State’s Alpha Iota Chi chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society researched how playing, played seriously, could improve reading comprehension for elementary school students.
For their 2023-24 PTK Honors in Action community project, the chapter team explored the study topic, The Art and Science of Play and the theme, Play It Forward, exploring how the experience of play can serve as a catalyst for epiphanies, innovations, and inventions.
The chapter team researched Active Learning Theory and designed a lesson plan using this theory to gamify a reading activity. They put the theory to practice by engaging third grade students participating in a YMCA afterschool program at a local elementary school.
The project developed to produce a podcast in which the team performed the classic story of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz to bring the written words to life. Give their podcast a listen at this link: https://episodes.castos.com/5fc92aa32c8dd8-87521808/1587173/PTK-Pages-Podcast-OZ.mp3.
They researched the problem of literacy nationally and in Tennessee, discovering that 61 percent of 4th graders nationally and 59 percent of 4th graders in Tennessee are at the basic level in reading. The research indicated only partial mastery of this fundamental skill. The PTK team sought to learn if “gamification,” or serious games, might improve student engagement thus student learning outcomes in reading. Their research indicated that gamification of education can improve student learning if it is grounded in sound learning theory.
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