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“Why I let my Students Cheat” — terrific article!
From the article… A week before the test, I told my class that the Game Theory exam would be insanely hard—far harder than any that had established my rep as a hard prof. But as recompense, for this one time only, students could cheat. They could bring and use anything or anyone they liked, including [...]
Continue reading...Kinect Math and English Games
28. April 2013
These Kinect video games were submitted by David Renton of Reid Kerr College in the UK. Games are available at http://games4learning.co.uk/ Subject Area and Learning Outcomes Math and English. Games use multi-sensory active methodology to consolidate learning in the areas of Math and English. Summary Kinect Games include 4 separate games, all are one or [...]
Continue reading...University of Pennsylvania offering online course in gamification
18. December 2012
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Ken Werbach, associate professor of legal studies and business ethics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, is offering a free online course on gamification. The course examines the use of digital game design to solve business problems. He provides dozens of examples of companies using game elements to promote customer-engagement, enhance employee-productivity, [...]
Continue reading...More news from the algebra front lines…. (a failed game)
24. September 2012
Today in my remedial algebra class, I thought I would make an inequalities game. I had this great idea that I would put up on the board a whole bunch of inequalities, and each group would add or subtract or multiply or divide different things to these inequalities, and we would see if the result [...]
Continue reading...Calculus: Art on the Wall Game (Teena Carroll, Saint Norbert College)
19. September 2012
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This is a great calculus game that I saw demonstrated at the MAA/AMS joint conference in Boston in January. It was created by Teena Carroll of Saint Norbert College. Students are in groups of 4, each with a post-it note. On the post it note, each student draws an arc that goes from one corner [...]
Continue reading...Remedial Algebra Game
19. September 2012
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I often have trouble thinking of meaningful games to play in my remedial algebra class. These are the students who are most disengaged with traditional teaching, but they are often also the hardest to play games with … the same things that made them not-so great students, make them not-so great at listening to the [...]
Continue reading...Math Strategy Game — “anti-derivative blocks”
3. August 2012
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This is a terrific game from Math Professor Maria Anderson. She uses it to practice anti-derivatives, but it can be used for other topics. Take a look at the video: http://teachingcollegemath.com/2010/12/new-math-game-antiderivative-block/
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