A Game-Based Learning Material for Developing Students’ Conceptual Understanding of Photosynthesis
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Game-based learning refers to creating a learning environment that integrates games which could be digital or non-digital to develop students’ knowledge and skills acquisition. Several literature reviews of game-based learning have been studied both in sciences and other fields of studies such as mathematics, language, history and physical education. In this study the researcher developed a board game with the aim of enhancing students’ conceptual understanding in photosynthesis. Board games encourage a positive environment among the players thus allowing them to work together to achieve the same goal (Dewar, 2023). Based on the overall evaluation of the developed board game, it obtained a satisfactory assessment in terms of design and creativity, which was evaluated by the in-service science teachers from Napolan, Pagadian City. The perception of the pre-service teachers and two sections of students from the ninth grade also obtained a satisfactory result. The performance of the students after the integration has a normalized gain divided into low and medium. Thus, those who belong to the lower normalized gain have implied less or no improvement after the integration. On the other hand, those who belong to the medium normalized gain have shown improvement after the integration of the board game.
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