RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 An Evaluation of the Use of Site Planning and Design Games in the Classroom
JF Landscape Journal
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 125
OP 133
DO 10.3368/lj.2.2.125
VO 2
IS 2
A1 Patrick A. Miller
YR 1983
UL http://lj.uwpress.org/content/2/2/125.abstract
AB This paper examines the use of educational games in the context of more traditional teaching techniques. Two treatments—one consisting of two simulation games and the other of a lecture, reading assignment, and exercise—were administered to two groups of students. The effect of these treatments on information learned, on attitudes toward the subject matter, and on attitudes toward the learning experience, were examined as a result of each treatment and of the order in which the treatments were received. The findings indicate that the use of games can be beneficial to the learning experience, but if benefits are to be realized, they must be used in context with more traditional teaching techniques. In conclusion, it is suggested that the findings may have relevance in the teaching of the traditional design studio.