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5 reasons why game design is the best way to teach STEAM skills

eSchool News

A study published in Frontiers in Psychology concluded that game-based learning has a moderate to large effect on students’ cognitive, social, emotional, motivational, and engagement outcomes–especially in early education. Even when it fails, the surprise is motivating–it’s a mystery to solve. That fuels teamwork.

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How Gamification Uncovers Nuance In The Learning Process

Teach Thought

Since it encourages internal motivation through an outwardly-created set of circumstances, gamification sits at the awkward intersection of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. In both cases, the specific content and the nature of the goals serve to motivate and direct behavior in classroom contexts.” Personal) your praise?

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Re-Visiting Ivan Illich: Deschooling Society

Teacher Toms Blog

The failures of school are taken by most people as proof that education is very costly, very complex, always arcane, and frequently impossible task." To be honest, when they talk about what they do to and with the children in the name of moving them through "the curriculum," I'm struck by a kind of despair.

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How to Create a Classroom That’s a Safe Space for Failure

Edsurge

Over the last five years, I have worked hard to teach my students that failure is a gift. This isn’t a new idea, but we still struggle with the idea that failure is a necessary component of success. Embracing failure can seem counterintuitive to students. They are loud, chaotic, and full of failure and growth.

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How mixed reality glasses can help struggling readers

eSchool News

You feel like a failure, and you are starting to hate school. Second, low-proficiency readers struggle with motivation. Essentially, struggling readers have a low reading self-concept, which is linked to lower motivation. Given the high anxiety and low motivation, struggling readers only perform at a low reading level.

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Design thinking in the 21st century is an imperative

eSchool News

The use of design thinking can foster a healthy relationship with failure within students. Research by Dorland (2023) shows that design thinking training may enable students to embrace, rather than struggle with failure in their work. Design thinking also has a positive impact on the overall motivation and engagement of students.

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Embracing a growth mindset when reviewing student data

eSchool News

This perspective transforms data analysis into an empowering process; data is a tool for improvement amongst our students rather than a measure of failure. Highlighting these successes motivates students and shows them that effort leads to results. A growth mindset is the belief that abilities grow through effort and persistence.