Space Race Game: A Web-Based Board Game for Aiding Students in Reviewing Thermochemistry, Chemical Equilibrium, and Chemical Kinetics

Abstract

This work provides information about the design, implementation, and assessment of the instructional role of a bilingual (English and Portuguese) web-based board game designed to assist Brazilian Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students in reviewing the content related to thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, and chemical kinetics. The game can be an alternative instrument to traditional problem-solving classes. Sixty-four mechanical engineering undergraduate students played the game using the Portuguese version and evaluated it positively. Also, learning assessments revealed that the game effectively promotes learning like conventional problem-solving classes.

Vikings: An Online Cooperative Game for Reviewing Thermochemistry, Chemical Equilibrium, and Chemical Kinetics

“…At this point, we want to highlight the differences between the Vikings Game and the Space Race Game, which was published recently in this Journal. Both games address the same content (covered in the Physical Chemistry textbook by Peter Atkins, whose Portuguese version is adopted in Brazilian high schools and colleges); however the Space Race Game is a competitive game that uses true–false questions.…”