Integrating synapse, muscle contraction, and autonomic nervous system game: effect on learning and evaluation of students' opinions.

Integrating synapse, muscle contraction, and autonomic nervous system game: effect on learning and evaluation of students' opinions. Adv Physiol Educ. 2020 Jun 01;44(2):153-162 Authors: Cardozo LT, Castro AP, Guimarães AF, Gutierrez LLP, Montrezor LH, Marcondes FK Abstract This work describes the educational game "Integrating Synapse, Muscle Contraction, and Autonomic Nervous System," which was developed to assist students in understanding and integrating concepts related to the physiology of synapses, muscle contraction, and the autonomic nervous system. Analysis was made of the effect of the game on learning and the students' opinions about it. Dentistry students were divided into control and game groups. They attended lectures about the topics, after which the control group students were submitted to a test, whereas the game group performed the game activity before undertaking the test. The mean score was significantly higher for the game group, compared with the control group (P < 0.05). Pharmacy students also attended lectures about these topics; in the next class, the students performed a pretest and the activity with the educational game. After the game, a posttest was applied. The mean scores were significantly higher for the posttest than for the pretest (P < 0.05). Students of medicine attended the lectures and performed the activity with the educational game, without the learning assessment. All of the students answ...
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