Game


 * Game**

Games are challenging activities, simulations, or contests (competitive and cooperative) played according to a clear set of rules. Games provide students with opportunities for increased factual knowledge, decision making, and interpersonal skills and are designed to achieve clearly defined expectations such as teamwork, skill development, or improved communication. Game rules help students realize that their decisions have consequences for themselves as well as for other participants. Games – whether print, media, or electronic – are meant to be fun and, when run within a protected environment, can motivate students and build enthusiasm for learning. As cooperative activities, games can foster mutual support within a group and increase self-confidence as students become increasingly capable and competent. They can also be an effective way to bring people together by building trust and breaking down barriers between individuals and groups.
 * Description**

The teacher:
 * Method**
 * prepares the game structure in order to have organized procedures and rules for maximizing learning;
 * involves students in the planning;
 * decides whether the game is to be competitive or collaborative;
 * finds or develops games that teach or review specific content or skills;
 * observes group dynamics and group cooperation.

Games:
 * Considerations**
 * should be planned, run, and reviewed in ways that do not foster a winner or loser attitude among students;
 * require an atmosphere of trust and risk taking;
 * may produce both expected and unexpected behavioural change, with which the teacher and all participants must be prepared to deal.


 * Illustrations From The Mathematics Classroom**

From the Yukon Education Catalogue of Curriculum Materials: For those people who are not educators in the Yukon, these are Box Cars & One-Eyed Jacks resources that can be found at [].
 * Elementary**
 * [|MA0042] || Shuffling into math (grades K-3) ||
 * [|MA0045] || All hands on deck vol. 11(math games using cards and dice) (grades 1-9) ||
 * [|MA0046] || Stratedice classroom kit (game book and dice) (grades 1-9) ||
 * [|MA0047] || Stratedice mini kit (game book and dice) (grades 1-9) ||
 * [|MA0148] || Decadice (vol. IX) math games (grades 1-9) ||
 * [|MA0356] || Classroom fun 'die' mentals: grades K-3 dice kit ||
 * [|MA0444] || Piece it together with fractions (math games) (grades 1-9) ||
 * [|MA0455] || Classroom fun 'die' mentals: grades 4-12 dice kit ||
 * [|MA0655] || Radical math millennium edition, jr high & high school math games (v.x) (grades 6-12) ||

Many games can also be found within the Yukon Education Mathematics wikis too. Check them out: __[|www.yukon-ed-virtual-math-arcade.wikispaces.com]__ __[|www.yukon-ed-math-kindergarten.wikispaces.com]__ __[|www.yukon-education-math-grade-1.wikispaces.com]__ __[|www.yukon-education-math-grade-2.wikispaces.com]__ __[|www.yukon-education-math-grade-3.wikispaces.com]__ __[|www.yukon-education-math-grade-4.wikispaces.com]__ __[|www.yukon-education-math-grade-5.wikispaces.com]__ __[|www.yukon-education-math-grade-6.wikispaces.com]__ __[|www.yukon-education-math-grade-7.wikispaces.com]__

[|Math Games Journal Templates]

From the Yukon Education Catalogue of Curriculum Materials: For those people who are not educators in the Yukon, these are Box Cars & One-Eyed Jacks resources that can be found at [].
 * Secondary**
 * [|MA0042] || Shuffling into math (grades K-3) ||
 * [|MA0045] || All hands on deck vol. 11(math games using cards and dice) (grades 1-9) ||
 * [|MA0046] || Stratedice classroom kit (game book and dice) (grades 1-9) ||
 * [|MA0047] || Stratedice mini kit (game book and dice) (grades 1-9) ||
 * [|MA0148] || Decadice (vol. IX) math games (grades 1-9) ||
 * [|MA0356] || Classroom fun 'die' mentals: grades K-3 dice kit ||
 * [|MA0444] || Piece it together with fractions (math games) (grades 1-9) ||
 * [|MA0455] || Classroom fun 'die' mentals: grades 4-12 dice kit ||
 * [|MA0655] || Radical math millennium edition, jr high & high school math games (v.x) (grades 6-12) ||

Many games can also be found within the Yukon Education Mathematics wikis too. Check them out: __[|www.yukon-ed-virtual-math-arcade.wikispaces.com]__ __[|www.yukon-education-math-grade-8.wikispaces.com]__ __[|www.yukon-education-math-grade-9.wikispaces.com]__ __[|www.yukon-education-math-grade-10.wikispaces.com]__ __[|www.yukon-education-math-grade-11.wikispaces.com]__ __[|www.yukon-education-math-grade-12.wikispaces.com]__ __[|www.yukon-education-calculus.wikispaces.com]__

[|Math Games Journal Templates]