My son came home from school one day a few months ago asking whether he could play yet another new video game a friend had told him about. This happens a couple of times a month—and often results in ...

Matheminecraft puts players in a classic math puzzle called an Eulerian cycle, which you’ve almost definitely tried before. Can you draw a star without crossing your own line or lifting your pen? This ...

Math video games can enhance students' motivation to learn, but it may depend on how students play, researchers at New York University and the City University of New York have found in a study of ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Games have long played a role in classroom learning, but with Tabula Digita’s immersive DimensionU Learning System, serious game play has moved to the head of the class. The ...

Playing “Save Our Dumb Planet” is much more appealing than filling out a worksheet. Or so Sharon Holt found out when she started using mangahigh.com to help her struggling eighth-graders learn some of ...

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Cross-posted from the Schooled in Sports blog. For years, football fans have eagerly awaited the release of the latest in the “Madden” video game series. This December, in conjunction with Discovery ...

If we knew how much math goes into writing a video game, we might have paid more attention in math class. If you need a refresher, [Fletcher Dunn] and [Ian Parbery] have their book “3D Math Primer for ...

My last two posts talked about student choice in reading and writing. Today’s piece focuses on student choice in math. Video games provide what school doesn’t---constant challenge. In a video game, ...

If we knew how much math goes into writing a video game, we might have paid more attention in math class. If you need a refresher, [Fletcher Dunn] and [Ian Parbery] have their book “3D Math Primer for ...