Academic Skill Builders - video games to support learning

Posted on May 23rd, 2008 in Uncategorized by bethca

I thought these links might be helpful.

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/aboutus.htm

This website has video games that are educational.  Below is a quote from the site:

“These engaging educational games provide focused repetition practice that enables fluency to be achieved more quickly. With what we now know about automaticity and fluency in academic performance, we can help students achieve masterful levels performance faster than ever before!

Our total approach is based on a philosophy that includes these principle points:

  • Students respond to challenge

  • and errors can be viewed as opportunities to improve rather than as indication of failure. An unlimited ceiling on performance will help the student reach his/her maximum level of proficient performance

  • Repetitious drill can be fun, as fun as methods typically associated with the higher order aspects of learning.
  • Immediate feedback facilitates improvement in performance.