Advances in Game-Based Learning: How to "Game" the System

Jackson Kellinger, Janna

This book is a guide to designing curricular games to suit the needs of students. It makes connections between video games and time-tested pedagogical techniques such as discovery learning and feedback to improve student engagement and learning. It also examines the social nature of gaming such as techniques for driver/navigator partners, small groups, and whole class structures to help make thinking visible; it expands the traditional design process teachers engage in by encouraging use of video game design techniques such as playtesting. The author emphasizes designing curricular games for problem-solving and warns against designing games that are simply “Alex Trebek (host of Jeopardy) wearing a mask”. By drawing on multiple fields such as systems thinking, design theory, assessment, and curriculum design, this book relies on theory to generate techniques for practice.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2016-10-28

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9783319423920

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-42393-7

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 349