Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Views Facebook Linkedin Print How Does Gamification Uncover Nuance In The Learning Process? by Terry Heick This article was originally written in 2011 and most recently updated in 2025 Gamification is simply the application of game-like mechanics to non-game ‘things.’ ’ As are Boy Scout Badges.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2025

Gamifying learning turns failures into the next “level” to conquer. By making game development part of the curriculum, we give students the tools they need to thrive in a digital world. There is nothing more engaging than seeing the game you built come to life. Students often rely on each other’s ideas and feedback.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2019

Failure is a learning tool. In life, failure happens. Those who thrive know how to recover from failure and continue. Play is the new teaching though it’s beenrelabeled ‘gamification’. Let them know what’s going on in class. Welcome their questions and visits. Respond to their varied time constraints and knowledge levels.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Michael Matera, a 6th grade world history teacher in Milwaukee, used his expertise in gamification to write a top selling book, Explore Like a Pirate. I’m the gamification guy,' come talk to me. They are the “what if” people who enthusiastically try new ideas with their students and in the curriculum. We should be ok with it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2015

US News blamed math knowledge for a 33% failure rate by Oklahoma high school seniors on their exit exams. In a world where teachers still suffer too often from tech failures, this is a welcome change. More on gamification of education: 29 Online Educational Activities Kids Will Love This Summer. Con–which became a Pro.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 24, 2015

Failure is a learning tool. It is a well-accepted concept for pre-schoolers and has made a successful leap to the classroom, relabeled as ‘gamification’ Use the power of games to draw students into learning and encourage them to build on their own interests. It means you differentiate for the needs of your parents.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2018

With each student following a self-designed curriculum plan, there’s a palpable sense of ownership in the learning that takes place. There may be no better example of meeting students where they are than Arnold’s gamification of the learning process. As Johnson says, “My role in the classroom has evolved dramatically.

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