Effectiveness of Hopscotch Game as a Kinaesthetic Strategy for Teaching Ecological Food Chains at the Middle-Stage Level
Keywords:
Hopscotch-Based Learning, Ecological Food Chains, Experiential Learning, Interdisciplinary Pedagogy, Joyful LearningAbstract
This study concerns a newly designed mathematical game namely Hopscotch based on the student teacher activity. It investigates the effectiveness of a hopscotch game as a Kinaesthetic and experiential learning strategy. The abstract concept like trophic levels, Energy Transfer and climate change learners faces difficulty to connect and identify the concept. Therefore, the present action research is carried out to examine the significance of movement; visual sequencing and reasoning using maths knowledge to develop a strong conceptual understanding and engage the learners. The study is aligned with the NCF-SE 2023 to develop hands-on and interdisciplinary pedagogy. The main purpose of this study is to design, implement, and evaluate Hopscotch instructional model that demonstrates the ecological food-chain process physically. The objectives of this action research include assessing the learners' conceptual understanding of producers, consumers, and energy movement, identify sequence and reason-out the higher order consumers and students' engagement and attitude towards kinaesthetic learning approach. The research addresses key questions include the significance of Hopscotch game in enhancing understanding of concepts and retention; students' sequence identifying and reasoning skills; Hopscotch game in obeying the principles of joyful learning. The findings suggested that game-based pedagogy of Hopscotch has several implications for teaching and become significant in developing students' understanding. The study also suggested that the technique of Hopscotch is accessible to the learners and can be a motivational and replicable approach. The study is of futuristic implications for the teachers, curriculum developers and educators who desire to integrate physical learning with ecology and mathematics.
How to cite this article:
Kaushik R, Upadhyay K, Keval R, Effectiveness of Hopscotch Game as a Kinaesthetic Strategy for Teaching Ecological Food Chains at the Middle-Stage Level, Vol 10, Issue 3&4 2025: Pg. No. 10-20.
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