ERIC Number: ED582903
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2018-May-1
Pages: 9
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First Bahamas Mixed-Methods Game-Based Learning Research Reveals Teachers "Support" Use of Games in STEM Instruction. In Brief Preliminary Findings
Pinder, Patrice Juliet
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Very few studies on game-based learning (GBL) have been conducted within the Caribbean; particularly, studies of a mixed-methods nature examining in-service K-12 STEM teachers' perspectives. This paper, which presents preliminary, in brief data results (full study forthcoming), addresses the aforementioned gap and explores the benefits of employing GBL as a teaching strategy in primary and secondary schools within the Bahamas where no research has been conducted in the area of GBL. This study utilizes a mixed-methods approach and is made of a quantitative questionnaire for teachers and interviews with teachers. Thirty-nine teachers completed the quantitative questionnaire and 29 teachers participated in the interview session. Teachers were drawn from the Bahamas' first National Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) GBL conference. Data findings from the teachers' completed questionnaire and interviews should begin to fill in the research gap as it relates to GBL in the Bahamas and the Caribbean.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Games, Teaching Methods, Mixed Methods Research, STEM Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes, Questionnaires, Interviews, Likert Scales, Computer Games, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Gender Differences, Teaching Experience
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Bahamas
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