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What is motivation?
This type of desire gives people the want to win a game.
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What are real situations?
One goal of simulations is for students to understand how to behave in this type of situation.
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What is Memory?
This game requires the player to remember the placement of an array of cards in order to make a matching pair.
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What is feedback?
Games provide this immediately to learners.
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What is goal-setting?
Students will learn this by deciding what things they would like to accomplish.
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What is bodily-kinesthetic?
This multiple intelligence (one of Gardner's Seven Multiple Intelligences) will appeal to simulations.
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What is Heads Up -Up?
This game involves 7 students touching the thumbs of their peers who have their heads down.
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What is teamwork?
Games give learners a chance to know their peers as they share the same real-time experiences. This is promoted between classes.
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What is decision-making skills?
Students can develop this skill when having to make a choice during a game.
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What is decision-making?
Simulations help with this type of skill.
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What is Four corners?
This game involves numbers 1-4 and a certain four spots in the classroom.
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What are choices?
Games allow you to add variety and flexibility to your teaching menus. It gives you this for your classroom instruction.
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What is problem solving skills?
By playing games that require thought and difficult problems, children can develop this type of skill.
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What is directly?
Simulations allow students to interact with peers in this type of way.
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What is Jeopardy?
This game involves categories with answers given and ask participants to respond with questions that match the answers.
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What is less stressful?
Because games are playful, they can create this type of learning environment.
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