Not exact matches
«Games are
effective because they can be used for
situated learning, where a player can be placed into a simulation
of a real - world situation and see the impact
of his or her actions over time,» said Scott Nicholson, an associate professor at Syracuse University's School
of Information Studies.
Referring to the principle
of situated cognition, Van Eck states that games are
effective partly because the
learning takes place within a meaningful context.
Effective teaching
of mathematics establishes clear goals for the mathematics that students are
learning,
situates goals within
learning progressions, and uses the goals to guide instructional decisions.