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5 ways educational games improve learning, according to teachers

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The new research, published by the Journal of the Learning Sciences , demonstrates the benefits of game-based learning for students when compared to students who had no access to such games. The research found students in the classes with the games outperformed their peers on essay and multiple choice questions.

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5 ways to integrate gamification into your classroom

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Quizizz: Turn assessments into fun competitions Quizizz is my top choice for a gamification platform. It allows you to create or search pre-made question sets and host a variety of games that students can join. Students answer multiple-choice questions on their devices while seeing fun memes, leaderboards, and progress bars.

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What data is necessary to help students succeed?

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In contrast, medical school can overwhelm students with detailed information, like longitudinal reports on multiple-choice question performance throughout the year. This raises an essential question: What kind of feedback information is genuinely useful for students?

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Will AI Make Standardized Tests Obsolete?

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What that means is that we are going to create experiences that allow us to measure the behaviors of a user, not what the answer to the question is,” she adds. “So The question, he says, is “can you look at those data in different ways and extrapolate from those data the extent to which a young person is developing certain skills?”

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Retrieval in Action: Creative Strategies from Real Teachers

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rapid retrieval: During a lecture, stop every 10 minutes or so to ask a question about a topic you’ve covered. To make the tents more useful, students are then asked to answer a retrieval question on the back of the paper and turn it in at the end of class. “Present students with a multiple choice question.”

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Improving Critical Thinking May Take Practice

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Ask that question to a group of adults, and many are likely to tell you that the finding checks out. She gave it to 200 overweight adults and discovered that their average weight, as measured by a precise weight scale, declined after two months of taking the supplement. She concluded that the supplement promotes weight loss.

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8 maker tools to inspire next-gen innovation and design

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In a conversation with Education Week , Bdeir said schools need to find ways to make science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) education more fun, engaging, and accessible for students. “I But when she arrived at the MIT Media Lab for her master’s of science degree, “it was the exact opposite.