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A Serious Look at Game-Based Learning

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Can you share some of the obstacles you’ve faced promoting game-based learning? She was opening a public school in the city, modeled on game-based learning. I didn't have any background in games and learning, but I did have a background in curriculum design, school design and educational technology.

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Reflections on 50 years of Game-Based Learning (Part 3)

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More than 50 years after Don Rawitsch introduced Oregon Trail in his eighth grade class, the debate continues : Can games become a legitimate tool for learning? Proponents of game-based learning have good reason to be optimistic—but also cautious. Making games cultivates a range of hard skills (e.g.

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Game-Based Learning Is Changing How We Teach. Here's Why.

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I have to do a lot of the same strategic thinking that I enjoyed doing in that game.” He also ponders whether games can both teach and measure 21st-century skills, considers the barriers to a broader use of GBL in schools and discusses the not-so-mysterious motivational power of Pokemon. It’s usually, “This game is hard.

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12 lesser-known K-12 STEM education resources

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Exploratoriums Learning Toolbox : Hands-on science and engineering activities, experiments, and videos that align with K-12 curriculums. Mystery Science : Ready-made science lessons with interactive stories and guided hands-on activities for grades K-5.

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The 2 stages of successful early STEM education revisited

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We emphasize two learning stages to build fluid STEM integration from kindergarten to 4th grade: Stage 1: Solving Problems Step-by-Step and Together. To broaden technology integration within STEM curriculum, we began to introduce computer science through the international movement, the ‘Hour of Code.’

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The 2 stages of successful early STEM education

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We emphasize two learning stages to build fluid STEM integration from kindergarten to 4th grade: Stage 1: Solving Problems Step-by-Step and Together. To broaden technology integration within STEM curriculum, we began to introduce computer science through the international movement, the ‘Hour of Code.’

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The Impact of Inclusive STEM Education

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STEM education is not just about science and math; it develops skills such as creativity, communication, empathy and critical thinking that complement technologies like generative AI and coding. Iterate on what works and learn from what doesn’t.

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