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From Review Sheets

to Crime Scene

Escape Room Gamification for Accounting Exam Prep

Jennifer Coon

CIA · CFE

Professor of Accounting

Tyler Junior College

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In Person

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Open your file.

Scan the QR code inside to begin.

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Students self-identified gaps during play and modified their study plan.

Exam scores trended upward.

Students were excited about accounting and motivated to study.

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What concept are you testing?

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What does success look like in the room?

Name the win condition before you write a single question.

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How do you move it online?

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The friction

is the point.

That commitment before the stakes are real changes everything.

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Four Games

Exam 1

Ghost Controller

Forensic escape room

🏅 Cycle Buster

Exam 2

The Heist

Six-station image

🏅 The Clean Sweep

Exam 3

The Evidence Room

Jenga-style draw

🏅 Evidence Secured

Final

The Settlement Table

Deal or No Deal

🏅 The Final Deal

In-person + asynchronous online SCORM · Same game.

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Now go build something!

Jennifer.Coon@tjc.edu

Jennifer Coon · CIA, CFE · Professor of Accounting · Tyler Junior College