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Are Educational Games For Elementary Students Beneficial?

A debate rages in education over whether using educational games to teach and practice elementary skills really helps students learn. One side argues that students love gaming and will do it whether or not they can find educational games. They say students also will spend more time practicing skills if skill practice is incorporated into games. The other side says that students need to learn traditional study habits and that gaming in school is a distraction for learning.

Many scholars, journalists and teachers have written about educational games for elementary students. You can read articles with varying opinions from ETC Press, the New York Times and Tech Dirt.

You can decide whether or not you want to use educational games in your elementary classroom by conducting an experiment. Websites like Fun Brain and PrimaryGames.com have free educational games for elementary students. You can let your students use the games for a few days and then assess them to see whether the games helped. Since every child learns differently, you may find that the games help some students more than others.

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