FA 16 Project Week 7

The game I will be developing is called WordPlay which is a tabletop game. This game will use the cognitive processes  such as memory in order to win. This game will be used as a tool to help ESL students learn new vocabulary words. All players must roll the dice in order to determine the order in which the players will go, the  highest number rolled will go first, second highest second etc.  Once the order is determined the first player rolls again  to determine the number of space they will move along the board. On the board there are various colors such as blue and green. Each color represent a specific element of a word the player must provide. For example if the player lands on blue  they must define the word, green means they must provide the synonym. In order to successfully complete the task they must give the correct answer however if they fail to provide the correct answer they must move  the number of spaces before they rolled the dice.  In addition to the colors on the board there are wild cards.   The wild card indicates to the player that  they have 2 minutes to successfully provide all 4 tasks for a word from the previous lesson. The task including definitions and using them in a sentence.  In order to win this game the player must successfully complete 1 full round on the board. After playing this game the test results from exams will be observed to determine if this game was successful in helping the ESL students remember vocabulary words.

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About Robert O. Duncan

I'm an Assistant Professor of Behavioral Sciences at City University of New York, with joint appointments in Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience. I also have an appointment as a Visiting Scholar at New York University. My research interests include cognitive neuroscience, functional magnetic resonance imaging, glaucoma, neurodegenerative disorders, attention, learning, memory, educational technology, pedagogy, and developing games for education.

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