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Sandy I-Ching Wang; Li-Ping Chiu; Eric Zhi-Feng Liu – Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2023
Traditional approaches to English language learning, which focused on grammar rules, vocabulary memorization, and rote learning, must be replaced with innovative methods of teaching. This study explored the integration of board games as an alternative English language teaching method. By making use of mixed method research design, the study…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Conn, Kathleen – Science Teacher, 2012
Drama and imagination have a place in every classroom, not just in the English teacher's. In fact, nowhere are they more critical to students' motivation than in bringing to life the often arcane equations of science. By inventing curiosity-provoking scenarios that require students to apply science concepts and processes as integral and…
Descriptors: Creativity, Rote Learning, Learning Motivation, Memorization
Scott, L. Carol; Goetz, Elizabeth M. – 1978
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of game-like learning activities, as compared to rote memorization procedures, on preschool subjects (n=8) recitation of their home telephone numbers. A rhyming mnemonic memory device was incorporated into the game procedures. A group design was used with a pretest-training-posttest…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Games, Learning Motivation, Memorization