Sheen: Game-based learning isn’t about replacing rigor. It’s about sparking curiosity, reducing fear and fostering a genuine ...

Back to school is right around the corner, meaning... math. Which is a shame, because math is hard. For so many students, learning math through the traditional methods can be extremely difficult. They ...

In Erin Bryan’s 5th grade math classroom, TGIF takes on a whole new meaning. Fridays don’t just herald the coming weekend. They’re also game days. “They all come in here on Fridays pumped,” said Bryan ...

These days, children are practically born with the ability to use a smartphone and have an immediate understanding of technology from a young age, and 91 percent of children play video games. In this ...

Sokikom has launched a massively multiplayer online math game, also called Sokikom, for students in grades 1 through 6. The social learning environment, unveiled at ISTE 2011, currently includes three ...

A professor is creating a computer game called Earthquake Rebuild that encourages creativity in design and uses architecture to teach geometry and other math skills. Rebuilding a city from the ground ...

%27Bugs and Buttons%27 presents 18 games with counting%2C shapes and more %27Mystery Math Town%27 puts kids in a maze with math puzzles %27DragonBox Algebra%27 also teaches fractions%2C ...

In the gaming world, perseverance, problem solving, and creativity are the keys to success. Players start out expecting to struggle and make mistakes, eagerly replaying levels and pushing through ...

Digital learning games have officially gone mainstream, with nearly three-quarters of K-8 teachers saying they use the games for classroom instruction, according to a new national survey. But the rise ...

Math Playground came out in 2002, and has since provided kids of all ages an excellent way to learn new math concepts using fun games. However, some parents may not want their kids to look at a ...