The Key to Understanding Productive Struggle in Games
The Key to Understanding Productive Struggle in Games
The Key to Understanding Productive Struggle in Games
By Matt Kennedy
Summary
Students are often tasked with working through new assessments and find themselves overcome with feelings of frustration and doubt after failing to grasp new concepts right away.
With game-based learning, students' intrinsic motivation and love for play can lead them toward complex problem solving.
Gameplay With a Purpose Take a look at a few ST Math games below, and see for yourself how trial and error allots students the opportunity to further develop their conceptual understanding.
Students Want to Be Confident Building confidence is key in truly excelling in any particular activity or skill.
Seeing one student break through that wall they've found themselves stuck at for so long on a particular subject is rewarding enough, but knowing an entire classroom is on the cusp is even more exciting.
Mitch Chatz, Principal of Malboro Elementary School, was able to see students persevere through gameplay and develop confidence after being challenged.
As an education community, there is a lot we can continue learn from a student's willingness to struggle and persevere in video games that can be applied in the classroom and in the distance learning environment.
Reference
Kennedy, M. (n.d.). The key to understanding productive struggle in games. Retrieved January 31, 2022, from https://blog.mindresearch.org/blog/the-key-to-understanding-productive-struggle-in-games-is-here