Table 1: Gagne's events of instruction elicited during tactful Ps & Qs game.
Gagne's nine events of instruction | Illustration of how students demonstrated the events of instruction during the Tactful Ps & Qs game |
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Gains attention | Gained the attention of the students due to the novelty and "real world" aspect of the game. Students continued engagement past the end of the designated class period. |
Provides a learning objective | Students understood the explicit and implicit objectives of the game and constructed meaning throughout the game that relate to the course content and objectives. |
Stimulates recall of prior knowledge | Students recalled prior learning throughout the game for OTPF, and course concepts. |
Presents the material in chunks | Integration of the core course concepts in the cases facilitated selective application and integration by all students engaged in the game in some capacity. |
Provides guidance for learning | Guidance facilitated accurate responses for mastery and additional higher-level responses from classmates by providing additional thought provoking questions and scenarios related to the case utilized in the gaming session. |
Elicits performance | The game elicited verbal responses to the game case based question cards related to the OTPF. Responses depicted their level of understanding of the case and the OTPF. |
Provides feedback | Verbal feedback given throughout the game related to their responses. Additional scenarios or questions evoked higher-level responses. |
Assesses performance | Performance assesses throughout the game with feedback and additional verbal suggestions given. The game allowed all students to see content areas that they not mastered. |
Enhances retention and transfer of knowledge | Enhancement of retention and transfer of knowledge to the cases and real world practice achieved throughout the game through discussions elicited. Pre and post-test scores also validated the retention and transfer of knowledge to the questions related to the plan of care and the OTPF. |
Table notes [19]