Hi,
I just joined this discussion list, because I'm interested in the
educative value of math games. I'm interesting in games that teach
concepts rather than reinforce them. I can see how it's useful to
correlate games to standards, but that doesn't make the case for the
advantages that games provide, if any, over other instructional tools,
methods, etc. I suspect that if a game developer could make these
cases, they'd sell more games, too.
Also, I imagine that game developers learn quite a bit about the
concepts their games involve and how those concepts may be used to
develop an interesting game. Perhaps students could benefit from
designing games or modifying existing games whose rules are flexible.
-Steven
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Life is too short for long division.