Learning outcomes of the educational board game "Taphonomy: Dead and Fossilized," evaluated with high school learners in a summertime program

• Published in: Journal of geoscience education Vol. 70; no. 2; pp. 176 - 194
• Main Authors: Salgado-Jauregui, Estefanía, Martindale, Rowan C., Ellins, Katherine, Reyes, Enrique, Weiss, Anna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bellingham Routledge 2022; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Active Learning; Board game; Cause-effect relationships; Classrooms; Colleges & universities; Cooperative Learning; Earth Science; Education; Educational Games; Educational objectives; Educational Strategies; Evaluation; Formative Evaluation; Fossils; Games; Grade 12; high school; High School Students; Instructional Effectiveness; Learning; multicontext theory; Outcomes of Education; Outreach Programs; Paleontology; Polls & surveys; Program Evaluation; Questions; Science Instruction; Science Process Skills; Secondary schools; Skill Development; Student Development; Summative Evaluation; Summer Programs; Systems Approach; Texas

Although many have suggested the use of games to motivate active learning, studies that evaluate the learning outcomes of games with high school students are scarce. Here, we present the evaluation of the board game "Taphonomy: Dead and Fossilized" as an active learning tool to teach fossi...