by TeachThought Staff
Game-Based Learning is a slippery beast.
For one, it promotes students playing video games, which is somewhat radical in many learning environments for anything other than recreation.
And two, there is seemingly a disconnect between what students learn while playing games (e.g., problem-solving, visual-spatial thinking, collaboration, resource management) and the pure academic standards most teachers are interested in promoting mastery of.
In the middle, there is a simple truth that few things are as engaging–for adults and students alike–as a well-designed video game, which might just make the following list of smart “learning games” curated by Sam Gliksman useful to you.
If you’re looking for somewhere to start, might we suggest Scribblenauts, Civilization Revolution, and Monster Physics?
8 Games For Game-Based Learning
1. Civilization Revolution
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2. Scribblenauts
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3. Portal
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4. Assassins Creed Museum
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5. Everything Machine
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6. Wordle
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7. Words With Friends
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8. Sandbox
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