Game-Based Learning

Games not only provide fun distractions from the stressors of the pandemic but also can be useful tools for online learning.

Students can use games to learn money management and financial decision-making.

Working with teachers, researchers created free online math games that encourage students to persist in grappling with difficult concepts.

Formative assessment is a snap with games and other tools that let you see how students answer questions and review material.

Building a sense of play around math problems encourages students to engage and collaborate.

Teachers can help students improve skills like inhibitory control and cognitive flexibility by explicitly connecting them to popular games—and then letting students play.

A game-based learning expert looks at why teachers should try using games, and shares a new book—available for free—that will help them identify worthwhile games for their students.

Like a story, lessons deserve compelling beginnings and endings. From pop culture connections to finishing with a level-up, here are eight strategies for holding students’ attention.

Minecraft is no longer a new tool in the field of game-based learning. Because Minecraft has such open possibilities and potential, teachers have been experimenting with different ways to use it in the classroom for a while now to teach math concepts like ratios and proportions, while others use it to support student creativity and collaboration.

Teachers are leveraging the power of gaming to turn even reluctant student writers into enthusiastic storytellers.

Check out Edutopia's collection of articles, videos, and resources on using video games, simulations, and gaming concepts in the classroom.

These games simulate real-world problems, guiding middle and high school students to engage deeply with content—and embedded supports benefit English language learners in particular.

An hour of coding is a fun beginner’s experiment for teachers or parents to do with kids—these resources make it easy as well.

There are several strategies for gamifying your classwork, and they’re not mutually exclusive—you can combine them.