Using Video Game Principles to Improve Math Scores

Raj Shah has spent more than a decade developing ways to link video game concepts with the experience students have in the math classroom. He believes that if kids are happy playing challenging video games for hours on end, then it proves they have the two things you need to be successful in math: problem solving skills and perseverance. Raj shares five simple video game design principles in the classroom to make math as exciting as video games.