Game-Based Learning and Gamification

True or False

Game-based learning and gamification are synonymous with each other.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The average American plays 15 hours of video games per week.

True or False

Gamification means integrating video games into your classroom.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Minecraft has over 126 million users

Gamification means

• You are adding games to the classroom experience

• adding video games to the classroom

• You are adding the mechanics of a game to a non-game experience

• using technology during instruction

Answer explanation

In the 1980s, Oregon Trail helped create interest in Westward Expansion

True or False

Gamification will require me to change everything about my classroom and classroom instruction.

• True

• False

True or False

To gamify something, I need to create a full game experience.

• True

• False

What is the main reason to use gamification in your classroom?

• It changes behaviour

• It is fun and students like it

• Students receive badges and rewards

• It increases motivation and engagement

Answer explanation

The game Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? ignited interest in geography.

True or False

Game-based learning requires the use of technology (computer, iPad, phone)

• True

• False

Which of the following are examples of published games?

• Scrabble

• Boggle

• Hangman

• Quizlet

True or False

Games can be modified and adapted to meet the educational demands of the classroom.

• True

• False

True or False

Teachers can create their own or adapted version of games.

• True

• False