While you are in a waiting room at doctors, or when your child isn’t sleepy enough you can always play game “I spy with my little eye…”. You imagine one object from the room and you just say the first ...

t Independence Day is a holiday rich with fireworks, food and fun. For students of all ages, the last two, food and fun, also offer an opportunity to enhance problem-solving skills. This July Fourth, ...

Many people have the image of video games as socially isolating, if not psychologically addicting. Yet, like my friend Kristin demonstrated when she joined her son in the online game Wizard101 (see ...

If there are nine people in a room and every person shakes hands exactly once with each of the other people, how many handshakes will there be? How can you prove your answer is correct using a model ...

Problem-solving therapy (PST) helps individuals manage stress by breaking down challenges into practical, manageable steps. The aim of the therapy is to help people cope more confidently with ...

Karen "Kat" Schrier receives funding from Templeton World Charity and from the Belfer Foundation for work on games and learning. There is a lot of discussion in the United States about how to help ...

Introduction -- pt. I. What are knowledge games? -- Contribution -- Design -- pt. II. Why knowledge games? -- Problem solving -- Motivation -- Social interaction ...

Use strings to fulfill one room with the web out of any material that you can find in the house. Children, in teams, should find a way to get from one point to the other, by not touching the web. If ...

Video games often get a bad rap, but it’s time we give them a little more credit. Video games and interactive media can have a positive impact on self-efficacy which increases resilience, optimism, ...