A Print-and-Play version of the educational board game 'Taphonomy: Dead and Fossilized' and its associated materials used for efficacy testing. The game and materials were tested in an undergraduate classroom during the 2018/2019 period. Rowan C. Martindale authored the dataset, which was last updated on March 18, 2024.
Use Cases
- Assessing the efficacy of game-based learning in paleontology based on the described classroom testing.
- Developing or adapting educational games for science curricula based on the provided game materials.
- Studying taphonomic concepts in an interactive format based on the board game's educational focus.
- Conducting pedagogical research on assessment methods based on the included instructions and materials.
Strengths
- Includes a complete Print-and-Play game version ready for classroom use.
- Associated educational materials and assessment instructions are bundled with the game.
- Dataset was updated on March 18, 2024, indicating recent maintenance.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Texas Data Repository Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Likely created for and used in a specific undergraduate classroom assessment.
- Time Range
- Testing occurred in 2018/2019.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2024-03-18 10:57:48; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- null