Using Minecraft for Instruction and Creative Play
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Inline with the BSCS 5E instructional model, the Minds of Chimera project is using constructivist learning to instruct and motivate creativity in a heavily modified Minecraft game server. We currently are developing games around kinematics, Boolean logic and computer programming to inspire player creativity and create new games. We are using a model of inspiration based on Investment Theory’s creativity resources.
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تاریخ انتشار 2012