The Value of Video Games in the Classroom - Dan Meyer

In a recent post by teacher Dan Meyer (also mentioned in my last blog), he decided to find out why his students liked video games so much, by playing a lot of them! Here are some of his conclusions:

Video Games & Making Math More Like Things Students Like

December 16th, 2014 by Dan Meyer

These are the six lessons I learned:

1. Video games get to the point.
2. The real world is overrated.
3. Video games have an open middle.
4. The middle grows more challenging and more interesting at the same time.
5. Instruction is visual, embedded in practice, and only as needed.
6. Video games lower the cost of failure.