Mind Games - InQuizitor in The Herald
The Herald published an interesting article
on the use of InQuizitor in it's Education section on 20th February 2007.
Based on the experiences of teachers and pupils in the Maths dept at James Young High School in Livingston, the article explores the impact of games based learning tools.
Extract:
From the enthusiastic activity in the classroom, it’s clear that Sexton is right. One player, encountering InQuizitor for the first time this afternoon, initially dismisses it. By the end of the lesson, with a place in the top-five high scores, however, he admits to enjoying himself.
“It’s great, really challenging,” adds Michael Dulaney, 13.
“Better than working,” agrees his classmate Alexander Mussett, also 13.
“They don’t realise they are working,” beams Sexton. “They’ve probably answered about 100 questions in that session. Some of them know maths isn’t their best subject, but this sort of technology, that involves them at their level, really builds up their confidence. They go out feeling like they’ve had a good maths lesson. And that doesn’t happen often.”
You can download a PDF copy of the whole article [here]
