Education Week's Digital Directions: Building Gaming Into Science Education - 0 views
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"I've had teachers tell me,” says Eklund, “that after they introduced the game to their students, the classroom went completely silent because all of the kids were just reading." "You just don't get that kind of engagement and involvement with the story" with a textbook, he says.
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Brian C. Smith on 13 May 08Is this because of the visual appeal or the storyline? I can see this happening, but does silence mean high levels of engagement? -
Dean Loberg on 13 May 08Assuming that they are not sleeping I think it does mean engagement, but engagement does not equal education. It depends on the content as well.
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A report written by researchers about The River City Project for a 2006 conference concluded "that students learned biology content, that students and teachers were highly engaged, that student attendance improved, that disruptive behavior dropped, that students were building 21st-century skills in virtual communication and expression, and importantly, that using this type of technology in the classroom can facilitate good inquiry learning."
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Is this limited to only the River City Project alone though? How does it promote more inquiry, problem and project-based learning in other content?
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Science and gaming
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Science and gaming
