Answers, Questions, and Deceptions: What Is the Role of Games in Business Education?

Abstract

Those who teach in colleges and universities are often faced with large class sizes and a diverse student population. To reach this diverse student population, educators are finding it necessary to incorporate new teaching practices. In this article, the authors examine the use of a television game show, Jeopardy, as a means of enhancing learning. The researchers discovered that games motivate students to actively participate in the learning process, encourage teamwork, and are as good as traditional means for reviewing management theories and vocabulary. Students reported that the use of games was an appropriate method of instruction that facilitated their learning. Students also indicated an overall preference for a participatory course and viewed other students as actively participating when games were used in courses.