Video Games Build Critical Thinking Skills
Jordan Shapiro, gave a great talk on “Critical Thinking And Video Games: Scalable Pedagogy For The Future.”
Jordan Shapiro, author of FREEPLAY: A Video Game Guide to Maximum Euphoric Bliss, says that; “Video games teach critical thinking, problem solving skills, and perseverance while building metacognitive skills. Game-based learning can provide systematic, data driven teaching in a way that forces creative problem solving rather than rote memorization. And video games can do that in a way that is replicable, scalable, and increasingly affordable enough that we can distribute it globally and equitably.”
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Posted on March 24, 2014, in Games and culture, games in school, Uncategorized and tagged 21st century skills, Critical thinking skills, Education, Educational games, Game based learning, Higher order thinking skills, metacognitive, perseverance, problem solving skills. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
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