Annotated Bibliography The Horizon’s article, “Let Me Lobby for My Hobby” by Joseph Kauffman is an editorial defending board games. Kauffman writes about games that require strategy and more player involvement such as “Dead of Winter,” “The Resistance,” and “Funemployed.” He focuses on how social these games are and how they can impact relationships. These sources all relate to the use of board games for social and/or intellectual development. I found my sources in EBSCOhost through the Academic Search Premier on the library’s website. I had to sort through thousands of results, but after narrowing down my search and playing around with keywords I finally found these articles.
Crews, Annalisa. "Getting Teachers on ‘Board’." Knowledge …show more content…
It looks into the resemblance Chess has to the business world. One example of this is how in Chess and business thinking for the long-term is more effective than short-term planning. The authors believe that all of the skills gained from Chess will help improve future leaders and the economy therefore should be incorporated into school curriculum at an early …show more content…
It mentioned how games such as Chess can improve your social and intellectual abilities. It relates to The Horizon article’s point how board games bring people together and strategy based games improve mental abilities.
Oppenheim-Leaf, Misty, Justin Leaf, and Nikki Call. "Teaching Board Games to Two Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder." Journal of Developmental & Physical Disabilities 24.4 (2012): 347-358. Academic Search Premier. Web. 3 Oct. 2015. The article is about a research study where children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were taught how to play board and card games such as Uno, Go Fish, and Yahtzee Junior. Researches would play part of a game with a child and record how they followed the steps and their behavior. This piece comes to the conclusion that children with ASD will benefit from learning how to play these games by giving them more opportunities to interact with their peers and improve social skills. I had to open up my searches a little bit to find this piece because it was more scientific than my other sources. I choose this one to add a different approach to board games in contrast to my other articles. This supports The Horizon article’s theme that board games contribute to social
Crews, Annalisa. "Getting Teachers on ‘Board’." Knowledge …show more content…
It looks into the resemblance Chess has to the business world. One example of this is how in Chess and business thinking for the long-term is more effective than short-term planning. The authors believe that all of the skills gained from Chess will help improve future leaders and the economy therefore should be incorporated into school curriculum at an early …show more content…
It mentioned how games such as Chess can improve your social and intellectual abilities. It relates to The Horizon article’s point how board games bring people together and strategy based games improve mental abilities.
Oppenheim-Leaf, Misty, Justin Leaf, and Nikki Call. "Teaching Board Games to Two Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder." Journal of Developmental & Physical Disabilities 24.4 (2012): 347-358. Academic Search Premier. Web. 3 Oct. 2015. The article is about a research study where children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were taught how to play board and card games such as Uno, Go Fish, and Yahtzee Junior. Researches would play part of a game with a child and record how they followed the steps and their behavior. This piece comes to the conclusion that children with ASD will benefit from learning how to play these games by giving them more opportunities to interact with their peers and improve social skills. I had to open up my searches a little bit to find this piece because it was more scientific than my other sources. I choose this one to add a different approach to board games in contrast to my other articles. This supports The Horizon article’s theme that board games contribute to social