I have used gamification technique before, I just did not know what it was called. We have used it from elementary school to college. I will definitely use this in my future classrooms. There are many benefits to using gamification.
This improves social skills, because they have to work together. This shows the kids the right way to be competitive. We can make them actually want to learn.
In elementary school we always had the gold stars. If we had so many gold stars, we could have a pizza party. This was mostly to try to control our behavior.
In my Algebra class in junior high,we used this in a slightly different way. Whenever we would get an A on a test we would earn points. We could then cash in our points for rewards (little toys or a free homework pass). We were so competitive to always get the most points. This made us want to do better on our tests.
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