While the world of educational programming and video games is vast, not all offerings are created equal. So how is a parent or teacher to choose? Nadine Levitt, founder of the educational technology ...

Social engagement: Playing an analog game typically brings students together. Initial student interactions are functional: ...

Learning at home doesn't have to be stressful or boring (at least not all the time!). Depending on how old your child is, they'll likely have schoolwork to complete while at home, but if you want to ...

Math video games can enhance students’ motivation to learn, but it may depend on how students play, researchers have found in a study of middle-schoolers. Math video games can enhance students' ...

Video games have long been the center of controversy, from arguments about their influence on violence in youth to online harassment claims and bullying. However, the negative issues associated with ...

Game-based learning and serious games have emerged as transformative approaches in education, integrating carefully designed game elements into non-game contexts to enhance engagement, motivation and ...

Last November, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt released “Carmen Sandiego Returns,” the first iPad and iPhone version of the classic game in which players use their geography knowledge to track Carmen and ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. A computer game ...

Game advocates are calling for a sweeping transformation of conventional education to replace traditional curricula with game-based instruction. But what do researchers have to say about this idea and ...

Since the days of “Oregon Trail,” educational games have teased at the possibility that learning in school can be freed from the doldrum of textbooks and tests. So if games are fun, and learning ...

The headline on the Dangerously Irrelevant blog caught my attention. “Do most educational games suck?,” the post by blogger and Iowa State University Researcher Scott McLeod, talks about some of the ...

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