Chapter 1 – Times for Telling

Giving students a hard problem or challenging experience can help them get ready for learning.

Derek bruff

Resources

Let’s Play Jeopardy!

James Gee’s Principles for Game Based Learning

2 Comments

  1. Patty

    The examples of how people used games, was interesting. Until I read the examples, I was always focusing on the content, not the thinking process that the game involved. Food for thought.

  2. I appreciate Bruff’s approach to using games to introduce failure as a learning tool. In recent years, the benefits have failure have been touted in TED Talks, scholarly articles, and self-improvement books. However, the embrace of failure as a learning tool has often left me feeling uncomfortable. However, introducing failure through no stakes games can help students learn from mistakes.

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