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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. Games and learning - Wikipedia

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   Research shows the educational and social benefits of digital games. Games do not need to be specifically geared towards education to be educational tools. Games can bring together ways of knowing, ways of doing, ways of being, and ways of caring. [1] As John Dewey argued, schools are built on an obsession with facts.

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

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   The outcomes that a player achieves while playing a game are what makes playing games compelling and interesting; outcomes in education (both grades, and amount of knowledge that student will gain as a result of learning) are effective, only if the syllabi and curricula are compelling to learners and the assignments that are used to measure ...

5. 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).

6. These Video Games are Helping People with Financial Education

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   The Future of Video Games and Financial Education There is a developing market of online games that are specifically designed to teach people of all ages financial concepts.

7. Educational entertainment - Wikipedia

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   Games fulfill a number of educational purposes. Some games may be explicitly designed with education in mind, while others may have incidental or secondary educational value. All types of games, including board, card, quizzes, and video games, may be used in an educational environment. [23]

8. Gamification of learning - Wikipedia

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   The gamification of learning is an educational approach that seeks to motivate students by using video game design and game elements in learning environments. [1] [2] The goal is to maximize enjoyment and engagement by capturing the interest of learners and inspiring them to continue learning. [3]

9. Educational toy - Wikipedia

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   The difference lies in perception or reality of the toy's intention and value. An educational toy is expected to educate. It is expected to instruct, promote intellectuality, emotional or physical development. An educational toy should teach a child about a particular subject or help a child develop a particular skill.