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Gamification in education. Does it solve anything real? (blog.geeksphere.net)
5 points by laurenceputra 5424 days ago
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Not likely. But it can correlate with other changes which matter, e.g. moving away from some of the issues of traditional grade-oriented methods. On the other hand, it can also introduce a bunch of trite off-topic nonsense which wastes time and needlessly complicates things.