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Record W4410941762 · doi:10.21083/ajote.v14i1.8252

Integration of play-based learning into the instructional delivery of tutors and lecturers in Ghana

2025· article· en· W4410941762 on OpenAlexvenueno aff
Frank Twum, Samuel Kweku Hayford, Dandy George Dampson, Johnnie Kojo Hayford

Bibliographic record

VenueAfrican Journal of Teacher Education · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldPsychology
TopicEducational Games and Gamification
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsMathematics educationPsychologyPedagogyMedical educationMedicine

Abstract

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In this study, we explored the integration of play-based learning into the instructional delivery of tutors/lecturers in Ghana. Sixteen tutors/lecturers (12 males; 4 females) selected through homogenous sampling technique completed this current study. The findings indicated tutors/lecturers generally perceived play-based learning as an engaging and effective medium for teaching and learning. Tutors/lecturers affirmed play was crucial in motivating learners, fostering active participation, and connecting abstract ideas to real-world experiences. Relative to the application of play-based learning, tutors/lecturers had a preference for the guided approach. They primarily assumed a facilitator role during play-based learning and encouraged exploration, collaboration, and active learning. Limited use of play-based usage in assessment, classroom space constraints, time limitations, and large class sizes were some inhibitory factors impeding the application of play-based learning. Despite these challenges, tutors/lecturers recognize the potential of play-based learning to facilitate enjoyable, self-directed, and effective learning experiences and advocated for its broader adoption.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.003
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.002
Threshold uncertainty score0.007

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.003
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0010.001
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0000.001
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.012
GPT teacher head0.311
Teacher spread0.298 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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