Game-Based Learning Grades Motivation 
eSchool News
JULY 10, 2025
This sparked a period when online learning and digital resources gained substantial popularity, and one tool that helps students learn–while also feeling like a game instead of a lesson–is Gimkit. What is Gimkit? To begin with, what is Gimkit?
Teach Thought
JULY 10, 2025
Since it encourages internal motivation through an outwardly-created set of circumstances, gamification sits at the awkward intersection of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Share a pic or an update and watch the ‘likes’ roll in, each one like a point in a game. For years, classrooms have been gamified.
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Edsurge
JUNE 11, 2025
By positioning code as a creative tool, educators can tap into students' intrinsic motivation while simultaneously building computational thinking skills. Designed for grades 6-8, the project-based program is beginner-friendly; no prior programming experience is required for teachers or students.
Edsurge
MAY 30, 2017
What’s more, game-based learning (GBL) can address some of the most common roadblocks encountered by math teachers and students alike. In some schools, intervention classes begin as early as kindergarten, laying the foundation for children's’ fixed math mindsets at a time when they are most excited about learning.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 4, 2019
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. Games encourage a growth mindset.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 30, 2020
It’s called Game Based Learning (GBL). It simply means teachers include games in their lesson plans to teach curricular concepts. By using the games kids already love–want to play–GBL has an opportunity to turn students into lifelong learners who enjoy learning. More on Game-based Learning.
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
When teachers turn a lesson or tough-to-teach concept into a motivational gamed or use a fun competition to teach new concepts, students become immersed in their learning and are often more engaged–meaning they’re more likely to retain information. and Prodigy to gamify her instruction and motivate students.
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