IJSRP, Volume 11, Issue 6, June 2021 Edition [ISSN 2250-3153]
Joseph Parker, Valentina Osei-Himah
Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to explore the perceptions of teacher trainees on the use of educational games in teaching and learning of classification of living organisms. The study adopted the quantitative approach. Inferential statistics was used to report the results of the study. Frequency counts and percentages were used to report the teacher trainees’ perceptions about the impact of game-based learning approach in the teaching and learning of classification of living organisms. The study was carried out in Enchi College of Education in the Aowin Municipality in the Western North Region of Ghana. Stratified, simple random and systematic sampling techniques were used to select 80 respondents for the study. This was made up of 30 level 300, 30 level 200 and 20 level 100 students respectively. Thus 30 level 300, 30 level 200 and 20 level 100 participants were subjected to game-based learning approach as a group.