Physical and Digital Educational Escape Room for Teaching Chemical Bonding

An escape room uses a game-based active learning approach to develop students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills in an immersive environment. An escape room was developed to provide an innovative method to reinforce concepts in chemical bonding for a first-year general chemistry course. B...

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Published in:Journal of chemical education 2020-09, Vol.97 (9), p.2849-2856
Main Authors: Ang, Jayden Wei Jie, Ng, Yin Ni Annie, Liew, Rou Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemical bonds
Chemistry
College Freshmen
College Science
COVID-19
Critical Thinking
Electronic Learning
Escape rooms
Feedback
Game Based Learning
Inorganic chemistry
Instructional Innovation
Learning
Learning Motivation
Motivation
Online instruction
Pandemics
Problem Solving
Skill Development
Students
Teaching methods
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Summary:An escape room uses a game-based active learning approach to develop students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills in an immersive environment. An escape room was developed to provide an innovative method to reinforce concepts in chemical bonding for a first-year general chemistry course. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was unsuitable to implement the escape room in a physical setting, as students need to interact in close proximity. To circumvent this problem, a fully digital escape room was developed using Google Forms, as it is cost-effective, accessible, and easy to use. Students’ feedback indicates that both escape rooms reinforce and motivate learning.
ISSN:0021-9584
1938-1328
DOI:10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00612