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How video games can enrich students’ formal learning

January 1, 2015 | Media and Technology, Informal/Formal Connections
Formal readings and lectures are effective at delivering explanations, but the information they impart can be so densely packed and de-contextualized that students may not make full sense of the content. Arena and Schwartz found that video games have the potential to unlock the expository content delivered by lectures, textbooks, and diagrams.

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  • Nicole Bulalacao
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    Exploratorium
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    Resource Type: Research Products
    Discipline: Mathematics
    Audience: Undergraduate/Graduate Students | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals | Learning Researchers
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Games, Simulations, and Interactives | Informal/Formal Connections | Higher Education Programs

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