How do professional mathematicians solve problems?Here is a simple-looking arithmetic puzzle you often come across in puzzle collections. How quickly can you solve it? (Normally I stress…Dec 20, 20201Dec 20, 20201
How can teachers use video games to teach math remotely in the time of COVID?Faced with students having to learn remotely in their homes due to the pandemic, teachers are faced with having to find ways to keep their…Nov 8, 2020Nov 8, 2020
Game-based math learning can open up new educational possibilitiesOne question we get asked from time to time from people who have enjoyed playing our launch app Wuzzit Trouble is whether that puzzle is…Sep 14, 2020Sep 14, 2020
What is an educational video-game?Like many other companies, BrainQuake often describes our lead products as educational games. But what does that mean, exactly?Sep 7, 2020Sep 7, 2020
Sir Ken Robinson and the call for CreativityJust as I was getting ready to write this week’s blogpost, the news came out that the fabled, British-born, education thought-leader Sir…Aug 23, 2020Aug 23, 2020
What James Paul Gee Taught Us About Video-Game LearningIn 2003, Professor James Paul Gee, a cognitive scientist who at that time was a professor of reading at the University of Wisconsin…Aug 15, 2020Aug 15, 2020
The psychological and social elements of good learningOne of the known benefits of game-based learning is that, providing the game is designed and constructed sufficiently well, it can help…Aug 9, 2020Aug 9, 2020
How do people use math today?I don’t know the answer to that question. Other than to say they use it in lots of different ways.Aug 1, 2020Aug 1, 2020
