There are a number
of educational learning outcomes to this game, including:
- promoting and improving
spelling skills
- increasing comprehension
skills in:
- reading to gather information
- reading to validate
information
- applying reasoning and logic
to:
- classify, sort and refine
information
- solve a given problem
As an educator,
for nearly two decades, I have seen many educational games provide an
abundance of information for the users but, all too often, neglect to
allow for the manipulation of that information other than with the mind.
Often the player
is required to remember great quantities on data but, within the scope
of the application, cannot "do" anything with it other than think about
it.
As a result, players
can become overwhelmed with the quantity of data and frustrated because
they lack the means to do things they need to in order to help them progress.
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