A Webquest on Evaluating Math Games
A Webquest on Evaluating Math Games
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the world of games! The Internet is full of games that are entertaining and educational. Wouldn't it be great if your teacher would let you play these games in class or you parents would let you play the games instead of studying your math book? After evaluating these games, this may be possible!
TASK
In this webquest, you will be looking a variety of games on the Internet. You will be asked to select one game to evaluate using an evaluation form. Before beginning your task, you will be assigned an audience of teacher, student, or parent. After evaluating your game, you will write a news article with the purpose of convincing your audience to play the game or not.
PROCEDURES
1. Determine your audience. You will write a persuasion piece in the form of news article which will review the game for your audience.
2. Browse through the math games provided. You will want to spend no more than 5 minutes looking at each game.
3. Select the game you wish to evaluate. This will be the game you concentrate on for the rest of the webquest. KEEP IN MIND, you do not have to pick a game that you like. You may pick one you do not like.
4. Now, you may spend more time actually playing your game. As you play, the game, you will fill out your evaluation form. Keep in mind the audience you will be writing a recommendation to. Look for specific details that your audience would like or not like. You may write comments on your evaluation forms to help you write you recommendation later.
5. Use the graphic organizer provided by your teacher to begin writing your news article. This is when your evaluation form and notes will be helpful.
6. Complete your news article.
RESOURCES
*Note - All games will open in a new window. Therefore, to get back to this screen, you can hit the x in the top right hand corner to close a game.
EVALUATION
You will evaluated on the completion of your evaluation form and your article. The following rubric will be used to grade your article. The evaluation form will be worth 10 points. This makes the webquest worth 50 points total.
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10 Points |
20 Points |
30 Points |
40 Points |
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Audience Awareness |
Limited awareness of purpose with unclear purpose |
Some evidence of purpose with lapses in focus |
Purpose is clear and maintains focus |
Uses appropriate tone, grabs the readers interest, and has a clear purpose for the piece |
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Organization |
Correct format is not followed, no supporting details |
Random organization with little detail |
Uses correct format with few lapses in organization |
Correct format is followed, provides introduction with supporting details and conclusion |
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Idea Development |
No supporting details |
Less than three supporting details |
Provides 3 or more supporting details only addressing strengths or weaknesses |
Provides 3 or more supporting details and provides strengths and weaknesses in game |
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Correctness |
Many errors in punctuation, spelling, and capitalization |
Some errors in punctuation, spelling, and capitalization that do not interfere with communication |
Few errors in punctuation, spelling, and capitalization |
Control of spelling, punctuation, and capitalization |
CONCLUSION
There are so many games on the Internet! Some are even fun AND educational. Before you spend your time playing, find games that are more than just fun. If you can convince your parents or teachers that your favorite games provide more than just excitement, you may be able to convince them to let you use the games to practice math. Good Luck!!
This webquest was adapted from Sandye Kabalen's webquest from Clark Moores Middle School as a spinoff of a webquest created by Jennafer A. Loosli from California. Assistance was provided by Debbie Crafton and Diana Flener. This page was last modified on March 13, 2008.