Escape the Evil Professor! Escape Room Review Activity

In this article, the author describes an exam review activity in which students answered questions and solved puzzles in order to escape the review session. In a general psychology (100-level) course and research methods in psychology (300-level) course, students solved a series of puzzles and revie...

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Published inTeaching of psychology Vol. 47; no. 2; pp. 141 - 146
Main Author LaPaglia, Jessica A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.04.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Class Activities
Educational Games
Instructional Effectiveness
Learning Activities
Problem Solving
Psychology
Puzzles
Research Methodology
Retention (Psychology)
Review (Reexamination)
Tests
Undergraduate Students
gamification
exam review
escape room
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Summary:In this article, the author describes an exam review activity in which students answered questions and solved puzzles in order to escape the review session. In a general psychology (100-level) course and research methods in psychology (300-level) course, students solved a series of puzzles and review questions. This format is similar to popular escape room attractions. Finally, the first group to sing a song that would appease the evil professor was allowed to leave the review session. Perceptions of the escape room were positive and concepts questioned in the review game were retained better than concepts that were not included.
ISSN:0098-6283
1532-8023
DOI:10.1177/0098628320901383