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Survivor: Classroom--A Method for Active Learning That Addresses Four Types of Student Motivation
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James A. Newell – Chemical Engineering Education, 2005
This paper describes an active learning game that addresses different motivational styles including intrinsic, social, achievement, and instrumental. The game is loosely based on the CBS television series Survivor and involves breaking the class into student teams (tribes) and allowing them to compete at solving chemical engineering problems. In…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Student Motivation, Learning Activities, Feedback (Response)