One of the most important things any educator can do is foster an environment where learning and playing are nearly synonymous. Lessons that are fun and engaging are far more likely to result in better outcomes, both in the short and long terms. Game-based learning can promote a desire to learn outside the classroom while transforming the classroom from a place a student must be to a place they want to be.
Increasing Focus and Improving Engagement
Essential to any learning exercise, keeping a student focused and engaged can be much more difficult than it sounds. Kids can memorize hundreds of cards for the latest card-battle game, but have trouble retaining important information long enough to pass a test. Some of this lag comes down to effort; there are incentives to learn the characters of their favorite games. In a student’s eyes, the same cannot necessarily be said for grammar facts, mathematical equations, and other less-than-exciting subjects. Gameplay can draw a student’s focus, and keep their attention, much longer and more easily than boring words on the pages of a book.
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