Playing to learn: Panelists at Stanford discussion say using games as an educational tool provides opportunities for deeper learning

We may think we’re pretty smart, but in fact we have very little notion of how humans learn. Kids know: They play games. Until, that is, they go to school. That’s when the games stop. And often, so does the learning.

Interaction and opportunities to make choices are among the virtues of the new generation of educational games, experts say.

By R. F. MacKay

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