Using Games to Teach STEM Concepts:

A Review of Effective Strategies

Games allow new techniques in education that can be nowhere else as effective, are interactive, and allow for learning of a STEM…

Why Games?

Now, on to the reason why violent games should never be played. Whenever students play and video game or board game for that matter, they are sure to learn. Most games have a storyline and goal and allow students to customize their own characters and skills which helps to keep students creative and engaged.

Effective Strategies Simulators growing in popularity can be aimed at visiting planet or space stations through moderation of highly advanced mechanisms.

In Simple terms, Simulators like the older versions of SimCity or Space, just with better graphics and a wider scope of simulated real world concepts. Then there are puzzle based games where students get to use their minds and develop ways to get around challenges.

Effective Strategies In short, there are three simple strategies: Simple, Creative, and Collaborative, all of which couples allow for satisfying the most important goal which is learning.