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2. Educational game - Wikipedia

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   Educational games are games explicitly designed with educational purposes, or which have incidental or secondary educational value. All types of games may be used in an educational environment, however educational games are games that are designed to help people learn about certain subjects, expand concepts, reinforce development, understand a historical event or culture, or assist them in ...

3. Gamification of learning - Wikipedia

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   The dynamic combination of intrinsic and extrinsic motivators is a powerful force [21] which, if educational contexts can adapt from video games, may increase student motivation, and student learning. Some of the potential benefits of successful gamification initiatives in the classroom include: giving students ownership of their learning [27]

4. Educational video game - Wikipedia

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   A VTech educational video game. An educational video game is a video game that provides learning or training value to the player. Edutainment describes an intentional merger of video games and educational software into a single product (and could therefore also comprise more serious titles sometimes described under children's learning software).

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6. List of educational video games - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of notable educational video games. There is some overlap between educational games and interactive CD-ROMs and other programs (based on player agency), and between educational games and related genres like simulations and interactive storybooks (based on how much gameplay is devoted to education). This list aims to list games ...

7. Management of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

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   Preliminary studies have supported the idea that playing video games is a form of neurofeedback, which helps those with ADHD self-regulate and improve learning. [ 233 ] [ 234 ] Memory, multitasking, fluid intelligence, and other cognitive talents may be improved by certain computer programmes and video games. [ 235 ]

8. Games and learning - Wikipedia

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   Games alone will not make schools more efficient, cannot replace teachers or serve as an educational resource that can reach an infinite number of students. The extent of the roles games will play in learning remains to be seen. More research in this area is needed to determine impact of games and learning.

9. What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy

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   Gee began playing video games when his (then) six-year-old son needed help playing the problem-solving game Pajama Sam.When he discovered how much enjoyment his son had and how much attention and time he spent solving the game's problems, Gee decided to start playing video games on his own and began to analyze what makes people spend time and money on video games.