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The errors of definitions multiply themselves according as the reckoning proceeds; and lead men into absurdities, which at last they see but cannot avoid, without reckoning anew from the beginning.

-Thomas Hobbes

A Sarbonian Education

NPR highlights ECON 201 at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, which is administered by economics professor Jeff Sarbaum, who says ;

So all of the reading material, all of the content, all of the examinations and homework, if you will, are built inside the engine of the game.

The video games that have the best examples of realistic physics are, unfortunately, off limits to me in the classroom (for a variety of reasons). It's a neat trick to find a game that the teachers, parents, and administrators would approve of, but would also hold the attention of students for more than a few minutes.

An example of one that is of marginal value and questionable content, but which the kids love for its simplicity, is Line Rider. When I catch them playing it, they tell me that they are using it to learn about friction and acceleration due to gravity. Of course.

Posted by Wulf on October 21, 2006 at 04:48 PM

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A Sarbonian Education

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