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The Science Behind Spatial-Temporal Math

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ST Math does not implement a "teaching by telling" approach but instead facilitates a "learning by doing" method. Spatial-Temporal Game-based Learning. ST Math's educational content is conveyed in a game-like format. and 0.31, respectively, for math scale scores on standardized state assessments.

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What Video Games Like Doom Teach Us About Learning, According to GBL Guru James Paul Gee

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The Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University has been playing video games for four hours every day since 2003, solving puzzles and battling bosses in games such as Doom, Darksiders 2 and Uncharted 4. Gaming actually celebrates failure rather than punishing it.

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Helping Others Along – Motivation Theory and the SAMR Model

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A teacher’s efficacy belief is a judgment of his or her capabilities to bring about desired outcomes of student engagement and learning.4 Pursuing a “sense of success”: New teachers explain their career decisions, American Educational Research Journal 40 (3) (2003), pp. New York: Free, 2003. & Birkeland, S.E. & Hoy, A.W.