Research Quest: Critical Thinking through Video Games and Interdisciplinary Collaboration
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Critical thinking, especially complex levels, is a challenging skill set to cultivate in traditional classrooms using typical curriculum materials. A serious game called Research Quest: Dino Lab, developed as part of the Natural History Museum of Utah's new prototype critical thinking curriculum Research Quests, was designed to facilitate higher levels of critical thinking in junior high school students. In Research Quest: Dino Lab students create a custom dinosaur, the test it in different situations to determine if it would survive, and utilize critical thinking skills to analyze results.
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