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Addition to “A Hybrid Board Game to Engage Students in Reviewing Organic Acids and Bases Concepts”: Using the Game Remotely during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021; American Chemical Society; Volume: 98; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00240

1938-1328

José Nunes da Silva, Dávila Zampieri, Marcos Carlos de Mattos, Bruna Ribeiro Duque, Antonio José Melo Leite, Ulisses Silva de Sousa, David Macedo do Nascimento, Mary Anne Sousa Lima, André Jalles Monteiro,

Educational Games and Gamification

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This notice is a correction.Addition/CorrectionApril 30, 2021Addition to "A Hybrid Board Game to Engage Students in Reviewing Organic Acids and Bases Concepts": Using the Game Remotely during the COVID-19 PandemicClick to copy article linkArticle link copied!José Nunes da Silva Júnior*José Nunes da Silva JúniorMore by José Nunes da Silva Júniorhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-6631-4382Dávila ZampieriDávila ZampieriMore by Dávila Zampierihttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-2702-7268Marcos Carlos de MattosMarcos Carlos de MattosMore by Marcos Carlos de MattosBruna Ribeiro DuqueBruna Ribeiro DuqueMore by Bruna Ribeiro DuqueAntonio José Melo Leite JuniorAntonio José Melo Leite JuniorMore by Antonio José Melo Leite Juniorhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5061-1489Ulisses Silva de SousaUlisses Silva de SousaMore by Ulisses Silva de Sousahttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5665-4383David Macedo do NascimentoDavid Macedo do NascimentoMore by David Macedo do Nascimentohttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-8425-1680Mary Anne Sousa LimaMary Anne Sousa LimaMore by Mary Anne Sousa LimaAndré Jalles MonteiroAndré Jalles MonteiroMore by André Jalles MonteiroOpen PDFJournal of Chemical EducationCite this: J. Chem. Educ. 2021, 98, 6, 2138–2140Click to copy citationCitation copied!https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00240https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00240Published April 30, 2021 Publication History Published online 30 April 2021Published in issue 8 June 2021correctionCopyright © 2021 American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissionsThis publication is licensed for personal use by The American Chemical Society. ACS PublicationsCopyright © 2021 American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc.Since 2018, the educational game described in this Journal in 2020, "A Hybrid Board Game to Engage Students in Reviewing Organic Acids and Bases Concepts", (1) has been used extensively in the classroom as a face-to-face activity at the Federal University of Ceará, Brazil.However, from March 2020, the disruption of face-to-face classes caused by the Covid-19 pandemic prevented professors from using the game because all classes started to take place remotely. Therefore, we thought of an alternative way to use the game, which we present below.Recommended Rule ChangesClick to copy section linkSection link copied!To overcome the impossibility of performing activities in person, we have made the changes described here, which we recommend others adopt to make this an activity in which students can interact in groups online.We have inserted the physical game board's image in the master slide of a Microsoft PowerPoint file (.pptx). This is available for download and use online. (2)Students form groups composed of four players and choose one of the participants to be the group leader, responsible for the online game dynamics.Once the groups are formed and leaders chosen, instructors send the presentation file to the leaders and meet with them online to introduce them to the game and explain its rules and the role of a leader during the rounds. We also send leaders a Microsoft Windows version (3) of the game, created to be used in desktops and notebooks, substituting the original app and facilitating the exhibition for all participants through the Internet.This online version of the activity was tested with undergraduate students from pharmacy and chemistry courses at the Federal University of Ceará in Brazil. We used Google Meet to play the game remotely (Figure 1). A total of 12 groups with 47 undergraduate students played the game remotely for 120 min. The time spent in each round was 33 min on average, including discussions about the questions.Figure 1Figure 1. Example showing a group of students playing the Acids and Bases game remotely online (rather than face-to-face).High Resolution ImageDownload MS PowerPoint SlidePlaying the Game RemotelyClick to copy section linkSection link copied!In advance of using this activity, all players must print the answer cards (4) and the leader must download the app's Windows version (3) and the game board (.pptx file). (2)On game day, players follow these steps:1.The leader creates a video conference room online to present the game board and the Acids and Bases game app from his or her computer screen to his or her opponents (Figure 1).2.To begin the game, the leader must set the game board (Figure 1a), the Windows application (Figure 1b), and the video conference room in only one screen. Next, he or she must also place the players' pieces on the board in the starting positions and start the application in the Windows operating system.3.The leader clicks on the "Play" button and selects one card from the four decks by clicking the back of the cards. Leaders must choose cards from all decks alternately in each round.4.After analyzing the question, all players must show one of two possible physical answer cards by bringing the answer card close to their webcams (Figure 1c).5.The leader checks the correct answer by clicking on the "Answer" button and revealing who answered the questions correctly.6.For the players who correctly answered the question, the leader advances their pieces one space.7.The game follows this pattern and finishes when a player reaches the center of the game board.8.Supposing two or more players arrive at the center of the board simultaneously, they will answer questions successively from the four question decks until only one gets the correct answer and becomes the winner.Students' OpinionsClick to copy section linkSection link copied! Evaluation of the GameWe asked students who have now played the game remotely online in 2021 to respond to the same survey composed of ten statements (S1–S10) that students had responded to as reported in the original work. (1) The responses use a Likert-type scale (5) to address four areas of interest about the game: design, content, playability, and usefulness. (See Figure 6 in ref (1).) In the current work, we added three other specific statements (S11–S13) to elicit the students' opinions about the didactic strategy used in the activity. Figure 2 shows a comparison of responses from both groups of students: those who played the Acids and Bases game remotely (group R) and those who played it in a face-to-face setting (group F).Figure 2Figure 2. Distribution of student responses to survey statements after playing the Acids and Bases game either remotely (group R, N = 47), or playing face-to-face (group F, N = 108). (Survey questions 11–13 were only asked of students in group R.) The percentages represent students responses on a five-point Likert-type scale that ranges from "disagree totally" to "agree totally".High Resolution ImageDownload MS PowerPoint SlideOn the basis of the results, we can affirm with reasonable confidence that the responses on the first 10 statements presented (S1–S10) received a high level of agreement from students in both groups: the group playing face-to-face and the group playing remotely. Regarding the didactic strategy (statements S11–S13), 76.6% of students agreed that playing the Acids and Bases game remotely does not decrease students' interaction (S11), while 80.9% agreed that playing the game remotely does not detract from the game's fun (S12). Finally, 97% of the students agreed with the strategy of playing the game remotely by using video conference.According to these results, adapting the Acids and Bases Game to remote play is an excellent alternative to traditional exercise-solving classes in Covid-19 pandemic times. We believe the game promotes student learning through interactions among them even when they are physically distant, as evidenced by students' comments, including this representative comment (translated into English by the authors):"In addition to being able to review the content taught through the questions in the game, it is also possible to identify what we need to study from our mistakes during the game. In addition, the dynamics of the game allows us to get clarity to any doubts with the help of classmates who are also playing."Author InformationClick to copy section linkSection link copied!Corresponding AuthorJosé Nunes da Silva Júnior; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6631-4382; Email: AuthorsDávila Zampieri; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2702-7268Marcos Carlos de MattosBruna Ribeiro DuqueAntonio José Melo Leite Junior; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5061-1489Ulisses Silva de Sousa; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5665-4383David Macedo do Nascimento; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8425-1680Mary Anne Sousa LimaAndré Jalles MonteiroReferencesClick to copy section linkSection link copied! This article references 5 other publications. 1da Silva Junior, J. N.; Zampieri, D.; de Mattos, M. C.; Duque, B. R.; Melo Leite Junior, A. J.; Silva de Sousa, U.; do Nascimento, D. M.; Sousa Lima, M. A.; Monteiro, A. J. A Hybrid Board Game to Engage Students in Reviewing Organic Acids and Bases Concepts. J. Chem. 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Example showing a group of students playing the Acids and Bases game remotely online (rather than face-to-face).High Resolution ImageDownload MS PowerPoint SlideFigure 2Figure 2. Distribution of student responses to survey statements after playing the Acids and Bases game either remotely (group R, N = 47), or playing face-to-face (group F, N = 108). (Survey questions 11–13 were only asked of students in group R.) The percentages represent students responses on a five-point Likert-type scale that ranges from "disagree totally" to "agree totally".High Resolution ImageDownload MS PowerPoint SlideReferences This article references 5 other publications. 1da Silva Junior, J. N.; Zampieri, D.; de Mattos, M. C.; Duque, B. R.; Melo Leite Junior, A. J.; Silva de Sousa, U.; do Nascimento, D. M.; Sousa Lima, M. A.; Monteiro, A. J. A Hybrid Board Game to Engage Students in Reviewing Organic Acids and Bases Concepts. J. Chem. 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