Developing an Instructional Game

50 points
Name (s): Will Dutmer and Dani Lanting

Now that you have researched and evaluated instructional games and determined what criteria
are most important, you will use that knowledge to develop a game.
Review: What criteria do you feel are most important when developing an instructional game?
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must be fun and engaging for all students!

must not distract from the key mathematical concepts that must be learned.
must provide opportunities for all students to learn.
should motivate the students to want to learn the math behind the stock market.

Process: You will approach the development of the game as an instructional designer. You must
think of your objectives, correlating standards, TPACK, ASSURE, and more.
TRY to think OUTSIDE the BOX!
Game ideas: Digital camera, I spy, matching | QR code hunts, WebQuests, Photo hunt with
Google
Richard Byrne
QuestGarden
ClassTools Templates EdTech Dowloads
Google for more or use something you know.
Respond to each prompt. You will submit this document in BB.
1. On what content area and topic will you focus?
a. The focus of this game will be mathematics. Specifically compounding interest and
exponential growth. This is for an upper level algebra class such as a college
algebra or an honors algebra 2.
2. On which standards will you focus?
a. HS.2.2.a - Construct and compare linear, quadratic, and exponential models and
solve problems.
3. Write an appropriate objective.
a. Students will be able to successfully work the stock market based on their
knowledge of compounding interest and exponential growth.
b. Students will be able to create a compound interest formula from a given stock.
4. Create an outline, story board, or summary of your game idea(s). What will you use to
create your game? What are the themes or concepts? What do you hope the final product
will look like?

Make your outline here:

Each student will have online access through either a laptop or IPad provided by the school.
The students will begin by creating an account on howthemarketworks.com. The students will
each have $1,000,000.00 to invest into the stock market. Each day for a week the students
will check to see how their money is growing and at the end of the week the student with the
most money will win a prize! This will be an assignment the students will work on for the
entire week in the classroom. They will not be required to perform any tasks outside of class.
They will also have to complete the following work sheet as they continue to explore the stock
market and invest their money.

Name________________________

Exploring Exponential Growth Through the Stock Market!

Introduction: Today we will be learning about exponential functions by exploring the
stock market! The stock market is the stock market is the market in which shares of
publicly held companies are issued and traded either through exchanges or over-thecounter markets. Please follow the following instructions:
1. Go to howthemarketworks.com and create an account with $1,000,000.00 as your
starting amount.
2. Spend the first 10 to 15 minutes exploring the website and familiarize yourself with
the stock market.
3. Please answer the questions as you go and determine what stocks you would like
to invest in.
4. Record all of your work and reasoning on this sheet as you explore.
Please answer the following questions as you explore the stock market.
How would you define the stock market in your own words?

What is the purpose of the stock market? Why do people choose to invest their money
into stocks?

Why do you think certain companies are doing well and others are not?

What does the % value mean next to the stock? (You should be able to find this answer
on the website)

How will you determine where to invest your money?

What is the formula for compounding interest and how will this formula help you
determine which stocks to invest in?

Which stock will you invest the most amount of money into? For this stock, please write
an equation to model it.

Please record on this paper which stocks you are investing in and how much money you
are investing into each of those stocks.
Stock Name

Number of Stocks Bought

Money Invested (Money

Spent on Stocks)

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Predict how much money you will have at the end of the week. How will you make this
prediction? Assume your money will be compounding daily.

How will you change your stocks each day based on the percentage changes?

Basic elements:
A minimum of 15 questions
or prompts (or equivalent)
Text

Gaming
Graphics
Instructions

Objective(s) and goals

Interaction
Creativity

Now go and create your game! After creating the game, return to this document and use the
rubric below to complete a self-evaluation.
Rubric: We will utilize a slightly adjusted rubric from California State University, Sacramento to
self-evaluate and the instructor will utilize this rubric for evaluation and grading. (See below)

Levels of Achievement

CRITERIA

Organization and Design

Layout &
Design

0 points

There are few or no graph

0 points
Navigation

Navigating the game is co

Instructional Design and Delivery

0 points
Objectives

Learning objectives are un

Different 0 points
Learning
Styles The game provides few au

0 points

Higher
The game provides limited
Level
Learning
Skills

Game-Based Learning

0 points
Rules or Instructions

Rules or instructions are n

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Goals

Goals are vague or incomp

0 points
*Feedback

There are few or no oppor

0 points
Interaction

Student-to-device and stu

0 points
Subject

The subject or topic of the

Total Score

*Depending on the game structure, feedback may occur after students play the game.

Evaluation of Total Score:

Rating

Total Point Range

Number of Criteria
Rated at this Level

Exemplary (A)

40-50 points

Effective (B)

30-39 points

Baseline (C)

less than 30 points

Anything below a C will require revision until it meets the baseline requirements.

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