{"id":1364,"date":"2024-11-05T12:35:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T17:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2024-11-05T12:40:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T17:40:01","slug":"from-quizzes-to-quests-how-to-level-up-learning-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/exemplary-teaching-practices\/2024\/11\/from-quizzes-to-quests-how-to-level-up-learning-in-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"From Quizzes to Quests: How to Level Up Learning in the Classroom!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a way to enhance learning, Gamification in education supplies application of game design elements to the classroom with game aspects like points, levels, challenges, and more to increase student engagement in a variety of ways. Some examples of these game-like concepts can be seen in this blog post<\/a>. Although in education it seems more common practice now to shorten and simplify learning in order to better reach students, video games use exactly the opposite technique and achieve better engagement with children, among many other benefits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How Does Gamification Enhance Learning?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One of the most crucial elements of gamification that enhances the learning experience is the productive struggle it triggers and the continuing progress it entails. As humans, our brains do not like to see unfinished tasks, and we are often sparked into action by seeing challenges and similar. As such, gamification enhances the learning experience by providing continuing and progressively more challenging opportunities to show growth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gamification also provides visible progress students can see throughout the process. Players can easily discover at what stage they are in games, which gives them not only the sense of wanting to grow, as discussed, but also validates all of their hard work and effort as when signs of progress are seen, players feel stronger and smarter. This is such an important aspect that should be incorporated more in classrooms, because it is only by seeing where they started and where they are now do they build the confidence to continue, despite maybe initially failing at some levels or tasks. This concept is expanded on in this riveting blog post!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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