JCE Software, 10B1: FactGAME

FactGAME

Richard W. Ramette
Department of Chemistry, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057

Note:
Series B (MS DOS) software previously included on the General Chemistry Collection CD-ROM is now available for free download by Journal of Chemical Education subscribers.
Go to the download page.

FactGAME is a game for two players to test their knowledge of chemical facts. The game begins when the program presents a question that it has selected from a bank of related questions (all on Chapter 1 of a particular text, for example). Player One is asked to answer the question aloud. The computer gives the correct answer and Player Two judges whether Player One's response was adequate. If so, Player One receives credit for a correct answer. Player Two then receives a question, etc. Play continues until one player has answered correctly the number of questions agreed upon at the start of the game.

Lively debates concerning the correctness of the player's answer compared to the computer's answer make FactGAME an exciting learning experience.

By having the one player judge the answer of the other, FactGAME encourages discussion of the question posed. The software itself is not judgmental, serving only to choose questions at random from the chosen topics, to present acceptable answers, and to keep score. In this way it is analogous to the board in Trivial Pursuit and hopefully encourages the same social interaction using chemistry as the focal point.
FactGAME chooses its questions from a large database that is categorized into several topics. Questions are provided in the area of element trivia, compound trivia, history and biography, and related sciences. Also included are questions correlated with chapters 2 through 21 of The Chemical World (1). Questions can be added or edited with any text editor.
Hardware and Software Requirements
FactGAME requires an IBM PC-compatible computer with an 80286 or higher processor, 640 KB RAM, and VGA or better graphics. MS-DOS or IBM PC-DOS version 5.0 or higher is required. FactGAME runs under Windows 3.1 or Windows 95.
Literature Cited

Kotz, J. C.; Joesten, M. D.; Wood, J. L.; Moore, J. W. The Chemical World: Concepts and Applications, 1st ed., Saunders: Philadelphia, 1994.

First Published: April 1997
Citation: Ramette, R. W. . FactGAME J. Chem. Educ. Software 10B1
Keywords: Computer Room; High School; General

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FactGAME
Richard W. Ramette Department of Chemistry, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057

Note:	Series B (MS DOS) software previously included on the General Chemistry Collection CD-ROM is now available for free download by Journal of Chemical Education subscribers. Go to the download page.

FactGAME is a game for two players to test their knowledge of chemical facts. The game begins when the program presents a question that it has selected from a bank of related questions (all on Chapter 1 of a particular text, for example). Player One is asked to answer the question aloud. The computer gives the correct answer and Player Two judges whether Player One's response was adequate. If so, Player One receives credit for a correct answer. Player Two then receives a question, etc. Play continues until one player has answered correctly the number of questions agreed upon at the start of the game. Lively debates concerning the correctness of the player's answer compared to the computer's answer make FactGAME an exciting learning experience. By having the one player judge the answer of the other, FactGAME encourages discussion of the question posed. The software itself is not judgmental, serving only to choose questions at random from the chosen topics, to present acceptable answers, and to keep score. In this way it is analogous to the board in Trivial Pursuit and hopefully encourages the same social interaction using chemistry as the focal point. FactGAME chooses its questions from a large database that is categorized into several topics. Questions are provided in the area of element trivia, compound trivia, history and biography, and related sciences. Also included are questions correlated with chapters 2 through 21 of The Chemical World (1). Questions can be added or edited with any text editor. Hardware and Software Requirements FactGAME requires an IBM PC-compatible computer with an 80286 or higher processor, 640 KB RAM, and VGA or better graphics. MS-DOS or IBM PC-DOS version 5.0 or higher is required. FactGAME runs under Windows 3.1 or Windows 95. Literature Cited Kotz, J. C.; Joesten, M. D.; Wood, J. L.; Moore, J. W. The Chemical World: Concepts and Applications, 1st ed., Saunders: Philadelphia, 1994.


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JCE Online \| Journal \| Software \| Internet \| Happenings \| About JCE \| Contact JCE

Last Updated: April 26, 2001 Created: February 11, 1997	Created by: S. B. Mathews Comments to: jceonline@chem.wisc.edu

© 1997 Division of Chemical Education, Inc., American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.