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Gamasutra – What’s Next? Learning researcher James Gee on games in school

September 5, 2013 Robert O. Duncan

“James Gee: ‘Chocolate on broccoli’ games take a task like rote memorization or repetitious skill-and-drill, and make it more entertaining. A paradigm-breaking game moves schooling away from ‘drill and kill’ to problem-solving, innovation, modding, and mastery.”

via Gamasutra – What’s Next? Learning researcher James Gee on games in school.

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