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Escape Games as a Means of Motivation to Practice Chemical Calculations in High School
Langerová, Lucie ; Bílek, Martin (advisor) ; Koperová, Dominika (referee)
Escape games have experienced tremendous growth in the market for action group entertainment in recent years and show potential for educational use as well. The bachelor's thesis focuses on designing two didactic escape games as an innovative tool to revitalize the teaching of chemical calculations in high schools. The research section of the thesis introduces issues related to student motivation to learn, the history, and current use of games in education with an emphasis on escape games and their potential in teaching chemistry and chemical calculations. The thesis also provides an analysis of the curriculum related to chemical calculations in the educational programs of four selected high schools, which revealed considerable diversity and range of treatment of the topic of chemical calculations. The practical part of the thesis is dedicated to the design and evaluation of escape games "Night Escape from Hogwarts" and "Robotic Apocalypse". The goal of these games is not only to practice chemical calculations, which many students find challenging and difficult to understand, but also to increase their motivation to learn chemistry. The games were pilot tested by a group of high school students and evaluated by high school chemistry teachers, who provided feedback on their anticipated...
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Continuing Beginner Learners in Adult EFL Classes
Mihulková, Šárka ; Hofmannová, Marie (advisor) ; Dvořák, Bohuslav (referee)
This thesis deals with the issue of teaching continuing beginners in adult EFL classes. It focuses on the description of factors that may influence the learning stagnation among these learners, and it attempts to ascertain the extent to which these factors take effect. Consequently, the thesis aims to characterize Czech continuing beginners as an independent group of learners and to provide scientific evidence which could clarify the assumptions, underlying the continuing-beginner concept. Lastly, but importantly, the thesis also intends to instigate further research in the field. The subject was investigated from the perspective of available pedagogical, andragogcial and psychological literature. Accordingly, four major factors, which may be at the root of continuing-beginner phenomenon, were identified: a mismatch between learning and teaching styles, insufficient study motivation, hindrances to learning and learning disabilities. These four areas were further focused on in a questionnaire survey, using rating scales to determine the importance of the individual areas. The study worked with three hypotheses. Firstly, continuing beginners were expected to report difficulties in at least two of the established areas. Secondly, it was presupposed that the rate of learning disabilities would be somewhat...
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Continuing Beginner Learners in Adult EFL Classes
Mihulková, Šárka ; Hofmannová, Marie (advisor) ; Dvořák, Bohuslav (referee)
This thesis deals with the issue of teaching continuing beginners in adult EFL classes. It focuses on the description of factors that may influence the learning stagnation among these learners, and it attempts to ascertain the extent to which these factors take effect. Consequently, the thesis aims to characterize Czech continuing beginners as an independent group of learners and to provide scientific evidence which could clarify the assumptions, underlying the continuing-beginner concept. Lastly, but importantly, the thesis also intends to instigate further research in the field. The subject was investigated from the perspective of available pedagogical, andragogcial and psychological literature. Accordingly, four major factors, which may be at the root of continuing-beginner phenomenon, were identified: a mismatch between learning and teaching styles, insufficient study motivation, hindrances to learning and learning disabilities. These four areas were further focused on in a questionnaire survey, using rating scales to determine the importance of the individual areas. The study worked with three hypotheses. Firstly, continuing beginners were expected to report difficulties in at least two of the established areas. Secondly, it was presupposed that the rate of learning disabilities would be somewhat...
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