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An American Story: A Literacy-Rich, Play-Based Approach to Teaching History

NCER
Program: Small Business Innovation Research
Award amount: $250,000
Project director: Anna Jordan-Douglass
Awardee:
Makefully LLC
Year: 2024
Award period: 8 months (05/01/2024 - 01/02/2025)
Project type:
Phase I Development
Contract number: 91990024C0004

Purpose

Results from the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress demonstrate that only 14 percent of students in grade 8 were proficient in their knowledge and understanding of American history. In this project, the team will develop a novel prototype of a multi-player roleplaying game to teach students about key historical events in American history.

Project Activities

The project team will develop a novel prototype of a delivery platform that includes the following components: a student interface to select a role in the collaborative game; access to primary source materials for students to learn about the nuances of various participants, opponents, and tensions surrounding an event in U.S. history; and an educator dashboard to track progress. At the end of Phase I, they will conduct a pilot study with 60 students in 2 middle school social studies classrooms. They will examine whether the prototype functions in supporting role playing and storytelling, if the collaborative game is feasible to deliver in a classroom setting, and if students increase in their knowledge and understanding of a historical event from pre- to post-test.

People and institutions involved

IES program contact(s)

Edward Metz

Products and publications

Project website:

https://makefullystudios.com/

Questions about this project?

To answer additional questions about this project or provide feedback, please contact the program officer.

 

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Education Technology

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