Quest to Learn is a New York school that takes a very unique approach to learning. GAME-BASED LEARNING Quest to Learn uses the structure of games to create powerful educational tools to teach its 6-12th graders. Games work as rule-based learning systems, creating worlds in which players actively participate, use strategic thinking to make choices, solve complex problems, seek content knowledge, receive constant feedback, and consider the point of view of others. WHY GAMES? As is the case with many of the games played by young people today, Quest is designed to enable students to take on the identities and behaviors of explorers, mathematicians, historians, writers, and evolutionary biologists as… Read More
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