The Study on the Effects of Board Game Instruction on Chinese Idiom for Eighth Graders

• Main Authors: Yun-Chi Jiang, 江允齊
• Other Authors: Eric Zhi-Feng Liu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4d5k56

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 學習與教學研究所 === 106 === This study aimed to investigate the effects of board game instruction on Chinese idiom for eighth graders. Quasi-experiments are adopted to measure the effects. Thirty students from two classes of a junior high school in Hsinchu participated in the experiments. On the one hand, fifteen students in one class were in the experimental group to receive board game idiom instruction. On the other hand, fifteen students in the other class were in the control group to receive traditional idiom instruction. The experiments were conducted for 45 minutes every week and lasted for eight weeks. Qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis were applied to experimental results. Students in both the experimental group and the control group took idiom ability pretest and idiom ability posttest. After the eight weeks of instruction, every student of both groups filled in a learning motivation questionnaire. The questionnaire data are demonstrated in the form of descriptive statistics. Certain students were interviewed for the investigator to get their feedback and to realize their learning motivation toward the board game instruction. By the comparisons of idiom ability tests, it was found that the student scores in the experimental group were significantly higher than those in the control group with significant differences. It was also found that the progress of the experimental group student was larger and the progress were significant. By the learning motivation questionnaire statistics analysis results, the scores of the experimental group students were also higher, indicating that they had a stronger learning motivation. Furthermore, by the interview feedback from students, the competitiveness and the entertainment of the board game can enhance their learning motivation.