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Using Gamification to Teach Students to Be Independently Accountable for Their Learning

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Best Practices Night - 2025

Ari Novick

Cypress Bay HS - Weston, FL

QED-math.com

Reasons I Like Using Applets Like These

  • No Score Tracking
  • No Completion Tracking

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Low Pressure

Reasons I Like Using Applets Like These

  • No Score Tracking
  • No Completion Tracking

1

Low Pressure

  • No Log-in
  • No Navigating Pages

2

Spontaneous Practice

Reasons I Like Using Applets Like These

  • No Score Tracking
  • No Completion Tracking

1

Low Pressure

  • No Log-in
  • No Navigating Pages

2

Spontaneous Practice

  • Important for our audience
  • Healthy Understanding of Learning Process

3

Builds Good Habits

Obvious Other Benefits

  • Friendly Competition
  • Increased motivation

1

Gamified = Fun

  • High flyers engaged
  • Developing learners engaged
  • The former helping the latter

2

Wide Engagement

  • Instant Results
  • Infinite Question Bank
  • Algorithm Based Custom Feedback

3

All the Traditional Pros of Online Problems

Obvious Other Benefits

  • Instant Results
  • Infinite Question Bank
  • Algorithm Based Custom Feedback

3

All the Traditional Pros of Online Problems

Some Tips

(Your Mileage May Vary)

  • Teachers should attempt before sharing
  • Try it in front of students
  • Celebrate success loudly
  • Celebrate success silly-ily
  • Avoid tying to grades

Some Tips

(Your Mileage May Vary)

Students grow disillusioned with math when they come to see it as a set of procedures to memorize.

– Marilyn Carlson (paraphrased)

QED-math.com

Ari.novick@browardschools.com

Visual Elements for Best Practices 2025

By Ari Novick

Visual Elements for Best Practices 2025

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