Learning Principles

Multi-modal literacy

• Includes many types of text.

• Involves a collaborative effort between students.

• Includes many types of books.

• Involves several types of media beyond print.

James Gee feels that we should all teach with video games.

• True

• False

It is helpful to break tasks down into smaller parts...

• In Video Games

• In the Classroom

• In both video games and the classroom.

• It is not necessary.

Multi-modal learning is effective because of all of these reasons EXCEPT....

• Text is mixed with other media.

• It involves two or more of the senses.

• Students have different learning styles.

• Students don't have to read.

Making a task challenging but possible is a good principle for...

• Video games

• Classroom Activities

• Both Video Games and Classroom Activities

When working on challenging tasks, scaffolding is important for...

• Video games

• Classroom Activities

• Both Video Games and Classroom Activities

It's important for members of this domain to understand the acceptable behaviors in the domain.

• Video Game Domain

• Science Community

• Girl Scouts

• All of these and more!

Active critical thinking is required for success in...

• Video Games

• Math Class

• Cooking

• All these and more!

An affinity group is...

• A group of people who like each other.

• A group of people who share interests and activities in a domain.

• A group of people working on a specific assigned task.

• A group of people who are related to one another.

Video games are designed to keep you engaged by

• making the game challenging from the beginning

• rewarding effort and practice

• including all directions before playing

• appealing to one specific type of user